Beehive Frame Comparison: Langstroth vs. Layens vs. Lazutin

I enjoyed this presentation, gave me lots of ideas on how to improve my hive designs. Thanks for the inspiration.

This was very helpful! Thanks for taking the time to explain it

Very good explanation. Informative, thanks for sharing.

Lots of questions answered that I had thanks!

I live in a northern climate so the horizontal hive may be something I may need to do in the future. Thanks for breaking this down. I have always appreciated Dr Leo and his information for beekeeping. Thanks for sharing.

Great job I liked your video keep up the good work.

I stubbled across your video. I too have been reading Keeping Bees with a Smile (2nd edition) and I was wondering why Dr. Leo used a smaller Layens Frame than the Lazutin (or double deep Lanstroth) Frame. Thank you for adding that nugget of information. I live in Northern Idaho and Dr. Leo felt that the Layens frame would be suitable where I live since winter typically runs from mid to late Nov to March.

Some very interesting comments.

Nice video. Thanks.

Hello. I just found your channel and am so glad I did. I truly believe in longer frames. All my hives are double deep Flow Hives, which are Cedar Langstroths, yet which house Fran’s that are 18.5” deep!!!!!

Very interesting 👍🥰 tremendous stuff, thanks from central Otago southern New Zealand 👋🥝

Bonjour, je suis de France et je suis heureux que la ruche de layens revienne à la mode. Personnellement j'utilise des ruches Voirnot qui sont adaptées à ma région, des ruches warré avec cadres et une nouvelle ruche einraumbeute qui vient d'allemagne qui ressemble dans sa conduite à la de layens horizontale. Merci pour vos vidéos même si j'ai du mal à suivre l' anglais.

love it. Can you share your build/design plans for the horizontal hives you build ?

I have been on the fence when it comes to what hives to buy. I watched this and now have a honey dew list for the husband to make the layens hive. Thank you so much for the info

I’m in Wisconsin, really thinking about going with Lazutin frames

Great Info as always my friend. :)) Was just asked today to do a presentation on the 6th on the Layens, in Canada, so a bit colder up in the North. lol Anyway, I'm going to record the presentation, so others can learn, about the benfits of the Layens for the cold Canadian climate, will pass on the link once I have it uploaded so you can share it, for anyone following you that lives in a colder climate. Not a lot of difference in the base construction but insulated with the sheep's wool makes all the difference in the cold and can help with the heat for you guys that are down south. Anyway my friend keep them coming, information and knowledge are great but you have a talent of explaining the why you want to do it this way, and that is what people need to get is the why. :))))

I have top bar hives. Some with shallow comb and some with deeper comb. Ones with deeper comb survived winter in Wisconsin. I got rid if the ones with shallow combs. I would have layens, but I can't lift the frames.

Nice video explaining the differences. Another difference is the Langstroth frames are easier to top feed than Layens. You can use frame feeder in Layens but that means opening hive. Dr. Leo says you shouldn't need to feed bees. I have 3 Layens and 3 horizontal Langstroth hives, both work. Now thinking of switching all to Layens.

25 years keeping bees. I never had a colony die or starve because they couldn’t cross over from a bottom frame to the top frame. This would only happen if the cluster was small. As for the Layens hive. I’m converting over because of aging joints. A great way for beekeepers to keep their hobby.

I got the answer I was looking for you said it im a a new bee lots of stuff to learn