Why I Prefer the Layens Beehive (and you might, too)

When the overwhelming majority of beekeepers in the US use Langstroth hives, why would anyone choose, instead, to use a hive design that has less availability and fewer resources to help new keepers? In this video I compare the Langstroth and Layens hives and share why I prefer to use the latter.

For those who wish to build their own Layens hives, plans can be downloaded on Dr. Leo's website: https://www.horizontalhive.com/index....
(I am not an affiliate of horizontalhive; just sharing the info)

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I grew up on a farm on the edge of the Nebraska sandhills. A cattle ranch that bears our family name, founded in the late 1800s by my ancestors, is still owned and worked by my cousin. Life events have put me in the suburbs of a major metropolitan area in middle America, where my wife and I have raised our two kids. It's in this environment that I work to make as sustainable a life as I can, converting much of our backyard to grow food, including a garden, fruit trees and bee hives.

I attempt to use natural methods, as much as is possible, in my gardening and beekeeping. I garden organically and continue to learn to work with the soil and the plants, without the use of chemical supplements, herbicides or pesticides, to improve our harvest. Our honey bees are sourced from local colonies through swarms, trap-outs and cut-outs, and are kept, using treatment-free, natural methods, in Layens horizontal hives.