Modern Beehives Look Boring. Why Don’t Many Beekeepers Use The Traditional Looking White Terraced Hive?
Although the old style hives look pleasant at the foot of the garden there is nearly twice as many components in their construction. Internally the old hive is the same as a modern hive but is clumsier to use. Incidentally the ‘old’ style is called a WBC hive after its inventor William Broughton Carr and the most popular standard ‘hobby’ hive in Britain is the ‘National’ hive.
