Building Layens Horizontal Hives In An Old Amish Barn (+ Swarm Traps and Frames)

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Chapters:

0:00 - The Old Amish Barn
0:44 - Have You Ever Thought About Getting Bees?
1:25 - Making the Pieces for the Horizontal Hive Body
2:33 - Hive Entrances
3:02 - What the Kids Made
3:38 - Assembling the Layens Hives
5:09 - My Natural Cotton Beekeeping Jacket!
6:30 - Sanding/Attaching the Hive Bottoms
7:40 - The Lid (my own design)
8:27 - Langstroth Frame Adaptor
9:18 - Building Swarm Traps
9:54 - Assembling Layens Frames
10:22 - Frame Tip!
11:01 - Wiring Layens Frames
11:43 - Just For Fun