Beekeeping Simplified with the Drayton Hive: Including plans for Home Construction

The Drayton Hive is a hybrid of several established hive designs, combining some of their different strengths and avoiding some of the problems inherent in their use.

It does not involve heavy lifting or the use of mechanical extractors for honey production; all-round, all-year insulation is built-in, and it requires no extra space for winter storage.

In the hive's development, a simple system of management evolved, enabling bees to thrive as pollinators and honey-gatherers unstressed by di...