Bee houses and TBH's

[Jimmy]

I was reading about the use of bee houses in Europe and wondered, has anyone has tried this concept with TBH's?

Jimmy

[Sasha]

In europe the be houses are with vertical hives,especially with the A-Z hive which has no supers but is a vertical hive with opening from the backside.So you can put two or even three hives on top of each other.If you do this with a tbh (stack them)how would you check the hives?

[Jimmy]

Thanks Sasha...

I thought maybe they were staggered so you could work them, but to be candid, I don't really understand how bee houses work.

What is an A-Z hive?

Thanks,

Jimmy

[Sasha]

http://www.slovenski-cebelarji.com/c...umName=album11
http://users.volja.net/anton_zor/slike.htm

Bee houses are used in colder regions ,like in Alps in Europe.In bee houses bees easier maintain the temperature,or it is suposed to work like this.