Langstroth
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The Langstroth hive goes back to the American clergyman and beekeeper Lorenzo Langstroth, who in 1852 had the first hive with fully movable frames throughout patented, using bee space as the underlying design principle.
The Langstroth hive goes back to the American clergyman and beekeeper Lorenzo Langstroth, who in 1852 had the first hive with fully movable frames throughout patented, using bee space as the underlying design principle. It is regarded as the original form of the modern box hive and is the most widespread hive system in the world.
At its full height, the Langstroth frame has outer dimensions of 448 by 232 millimeters; there are also shallower variants for lighter honey-super boxes. In Germany, Langstroth long played a smaller role than Zander or German Normal, but is now gaining renewed importance through international exchange among beekeepers and the worldwide availability of equipment.
For beekeepers who want to gain international experience or source equipment from abroad, the Langstroth size is often the more practical choice, because it is standard in North America, Australia and much of Eastern Europe, for example. It is important to know that even within the Langstroth system, different box heights are common, so when buying equipment, close attention must be paid to the correct frame height.