Thür Hive
"In the bee's natural way of constructing comb, retained over millions of years, in which comb and container form an enclosed unit, in which the principle of retention of nest scent and heat rules and protects all, is where there are healthy colonies capable of productivity without intervention - even without human management or sugar. It is there that the solution can be found!" - Johann Thür1
FEATURES
Floor: flat, 60 mm rim, intermediate slatted floor, rear observation "Putzkeil"
Entrance: 45° alighting niche, 8 x 280 mm entrance (full width)2
Hive-Body Box: square, 280 x 280 x 140 mm box internal size, 38 mm thick walls
Comb Support: alternating diagonal split wooden spales
Comb Spacing: naturally constructed comb, no starter strips
Comb Height: comb and brood area grow uninterrupted as colony develops
Quilt/Crown Board: 280 x 280 x 44 mm rough sawn top board
Roof: flat, framed 25 mm insulated board, 19 mm wood sub-roof, metal roof
Management: nadired, "Nestduftwärmebindung" retained within the hive
Wintering: minimum three boxes of fully drawn comb
Separating Boxes: cut through comb below the top box with cheese wire
Harvest: conservative harvest of raw, cut comb and drained pressed comb
HIVE PHOTOS
Hive drawing appearing in Bienenzucht: Naturgerecht einfach und erfolgsicher von Johann Thür, Imker (1946)
1Translated by David Heaf from Bienenzucht. Naturgerecht einfach und erfolgsicher by Johann Thür, Imker
2Angled alighting entrance adapted from Roger Delon's Stable-Climate Hive (La Ruche Climatstable) circa 1965