Èmile Warré
Èmile Warré (? - 1951) developed his popular hive based on his experience with 350 hives of various designs at the time and the natural behavior of the bee. He called his hive "la Ruche Populaire", which could be translated as "The People's Hive". To disseminate its work, he wrote a book L'Apiculture por Tous or Beekeeping for All with the twelfth and last edition in 1948.
His purpose was to create an economical hive closest to the natural conditions of the bee, while convenient for the beekeeper and allowing minimal intervention.
The internal dimensions of the hive box are 300 mm x 300 mm and 210 mm in height. Each hive box contains 8 top-bars 9 mm thick, 24 mm wide and 318 mm in length. Each hive contains multiple hive boxes depending on the amount of honey produced. There is no need for foundation. The bees are allowed to build comb freestyle, subject only to the positioning of top-bars and beads or starter strips of wax.