Can You Harvest Honey from a Layens Hive with no Queen Excluder?

I watch your channel quite a bit.
My question is, how large are your frames, they? What is the dimension of them

First time bee keeper here with 4 Layers hives. How do you know how much honey you can harvest before winter? I've always been concerned that I'll take too much and starve the bees.

Great video. Thanks

Very well explained again. Thank you Sir.

Great subject that many seem misinformed in. Still relatively new... 5th yr. Here in central New Hampshire, I found colonies wintered well on 8 Layens frames, 1-2 frames of resources on the ends and 4- 6 frames of brood nest, although I have successfully wintered over several small colonies in 6 frame boxes with 5 frames of bees and a frame feeder. Some colonies expanded beyond the # 10 frame but I suspect that it was because the frames were not completely laid to the bottom. Frames located farther that that from the entrance almost never have brood in them. Thanks Montie, take care, Brice

First year Bee manager. I Built 2 Long Langstroth Hives in spring. My most recent inspection showed that 1 hive had 7 full frames of brood and the other one had 8 full frames. Consistent with what you explained in your video. Hope this helps. Thanks for your videos. They have helped me alot.

Those Layens frames are magnificent in their brood/ storage capacity. I built several that size to catch a swarm or two one spring, but no swarms were to be had, so I sold 35 frames to another beek who was glad to get them. I had to move so I didn't have any use for my hive body either. Gave it to same fellow for a gallon of honey.

Don't know much about Layens system, but with a Langstroth, a QE is only necessary for a couple weeks during a good flow. After that, the queen will find no more room in the upper supers as they will be starting to get filled.

Colonies look good looks like yours are making some honey. I found for the last 2 years my larger established colonies take up about 12 frames from open to end of brood frame. I had one that used 14 frames about 3/4 slab on each at all times this year was a very strong 20 frame colony but still not a lot of honey from them by my estimate from last inspection.

Thank you for this informative video. I am new to this and think of myself as a “bee host” rather than keeper as I the bees continue to reinforce that they know what they are doing and need very little from me! I am using two insulated Layens hives here in SW Missouri and on last inspection I suspect I will be harvesting some honey next month. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience!

Hello, I just finished watching one of your older videos about the layens hive

I came in with a pretty closed mind, but after watching the video, it is actually changing my mind, starting to love the idea of how you dont have to disturb all the bees at once, But I do have some concerns.

I live in australia, and I had a concern about the airflow. Would it get too hot? Especially in harsher sunny days, and would it get "Too Humid"

And another concerns is, what happens if a hive is extremely strong and outgrows the hive?

Other than that, im really interested in a layens setup

im curious if the colonies where the queen wanders are younger or older

Good followup to that basic compare and contrast video on the two types. Great video!