Tropicalités,
cette ruche qui hivernait dans des conditions extrêmes (ce qui explique les 38 mm de bordé) et qui était d'après son auteur sa plus productive, a disparu du net, alors d’après mes notes j'en ai fait une copie (assez précise grâce aux photos) et voici le plan sketchup
Aperçu du modèle :
Vue 3d du modèle (si votre ordinateur est compatible) :
pour rappel, il pose des hausses de 8 cadres Langsthroth ou en triple hausses Warré.
il y a des barrettes de 32 mm (j'ai dessiné à 33) pour l'essaim et de 39 mm pour le miel
j'ai respecté les dimensions originales avec un corps de dimensions internes de 280 x 350 x 990 mm mais on peut facilement faire une "vraie" warré
Par ailleurs, il met un couvre-cadres en jute, des coussins et un toit clairement inspirés de l'abbé Warré.
selon les trous et les planches de séparation on peut mener 1, 2, ou 3 colonies,
faire des divisions,
peupler en faisant construire en descente à partir des hausses,
Hiverner sur un côté ou au milieu pour augmenter l'isolation, une ou plusieurs colonies
je ne sais pas ce qu'il mettait entre les 2 colonnes de hausses de Langstroth pendant la bonne saison, sur une des photos on voit soit une hausse ou un coussin mis sur la tranche entre les empilements de hausses, je ne l'ai pas dessiné.
The Frankenhive can contain up to three separate colonies.
Each colony can be managed separately as a simple horizontal top-bar hive, nadired with occupied Warré hive boxes or supered with empty Warré hive boxes. The Frankenhive can be used for activities such as feeding or splitting a nucleus and raising queens.
FEATURES
Floor: flat, 38 mm thick
Entrance: multiple side and end entrances, each a combination of 19 mm diameter entrance holes, #9 tapered natural cork plugs
Hive-Body Box: variable shape and size, maximum W 28 x H 35 x L 99 cm internal dimensions, adjustable follower boards, 38 mm thick exterior walls
Comb Support: removable top-bars with 9 mm bee space
Comb Spacing: variable on-center spacing, 32 mm in the broodnests and 38 mm in the honey storage areas
Comb Height: uninterrupted to 35 cm in main box
Cover: coarse cloth on top-bars, wood edged quilt boxes containing natural insulating material retained with coarse cloth
Roof: gabled roof with ventilated cavity
Management: horizontal, nadired and/or supered, "Nestduftwärmebindung" retained within the hive
Wintering: flexible
Harvest: raw, cut comb and drained pressed comb
j'ai gardé les notes de texte mais pas les schémas de la conduite, si quelqu'un les a ?
Frankenhive Management Strategies
The Frankenhive can contain up to three separate colonies. Each colony can be managed separately as a simple horizontal top-bar hive, nadired with occupied Warré hive boxes or supered with empty Warré hive boxes.
The following photos illustrate different management strategies.
SINGLE TIER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
The single tier Frankenhive can be divided with follower boards into one, two or three separate compartments. Each compartment has a separate entrance, either side or end.
A colony, illustrated in yellow, can be confined to a single compartment by using a follower board.
A second colony can occupy a second compartment by using a follower board.
A third colony can occupy a third compartment.
A single colony can expand horizontally as desired by moving the follower board.
An expanding colony and a confined colony can occupy the hive separated by a follower board as shown.
A single colony can be confined to the center compartment for added thermal efficiency during winter.
DOUBLE TIER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Adding three separate second tier hive boxes on top of the first tier hive box expands the management strategies. The follower boards within the first tier can be aligned with the hive box sidewalls of the second tier. Again each compartment has a separate entrance, either side or end.
An empty second tier hive box placed on the first tier hive box can super a colony located in a first tier hive compartment.
Two empty second tier hive boxes placed on the first tier hive box can super an expanded colony located in the first tier hive.
A hive box containing an existing colony, illustrated in orange, can be placed on top of the first tier hive box. The colony can build from the hive box downward into a first tier compartment nadiring the existing colony.
A second tier hive box colony can be nadired, illustrated in orange, while a colony occupies a separate compartment, illustrated in yellow.
A second tier hive box colony can be nadired, illustrated in orange, while a first tier colony, illustrated in yellow, is supered.
Two empty second tier hive boxes placed on the first tier hive box can super an expanded colony located in the first tier hive while a second tier hive box colony is nadired.
A single colony can be confined to the center compartment of the first and second tier for added thermal efficiency during winter.
A single colony can be confined to the center compartment for added thermal efficiency during winter while supplemental honey, illustrated in orange, is provided from a second tier hive box.
Adding additional hive boxes make a third and even fourth tier possible. The Frankenhive can be used for activities such as feeding or splitting a nucleus and raising queens.