{"id":364,"date":"2017-11-24T16:02:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T16:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:30:56","slug":"dadant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=364","title":{"rendered":"Dadant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style> h2, h3, h4 {color: green;} \n\n#ednavgrid {display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(100px, 1fr)); grid-gap: 2px; align-items: stretch; }\n\n#ednavgrid > div > a {display: block; padding: 5px; color: #125c97; background-color: #ddd; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;}\n\n#ednavgrid > div > a:hover:not(.active) {background-color: #bbb;} \n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"national\">Dadant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Dadant emigrated from France to America in 1863. He invented the original Dadant hive which accommodated 10 large frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Modified Dadant<\/strong> (MD) was developed in 1917 from the original Dadant hive and consists of a larger brood box to accommodate 11 slightly smaller frames which are similar to those used in the Jumbo Langstroth hive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This arrangement gives 93,500 brood cells, making the MD hive the largest standard hive in use in this country. The external dimensions of the brood chamber are 20\u201d x 18\u00bd\u201d x 11\u00be\u201d high, and like the Langstroth, the MD is top bee space with the short lugged frames resting on a rebate cut into the thickness of the narrower sides. Note that the Dadant brood frames are at 1\u00bd\u201d spacing (38mm).<br><br>Shallow frames are 6\u00bc\u201d high and a super will hold 11 Hoffman frames or 10 Manley frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style> .edHiveTable { width: 100%; text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFEE; border-collapse: collapse; } .edHiveTable td, .edHiveTable th { vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #daa520; }<\/style>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"edHiveTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #daa520; color: white;\">\n<th style=\"width: 25%;\">HIVE DATA<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;\">LANGSTROTH<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;\">JUMBO LANGSTROTH<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;\">DADANT<\/th>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Brood frame<\/td>\n<td>17 9\/16&#8243; x 9\u215b&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>17 9\/16&#8243; x 11\u00bc&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>17 9\/16&#8243; x 11\u00bc&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Super frame<\/td>\n<td>17 9\/16&#8243; x 5\u215c&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>17 9\/16&#8243; x 5\u215c&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>17 9\/16&#8243; x 6\u00bc&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Frames \/ brood box<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Cells \/ brood box<\/td>\n<td>61,000<\/td>\n<td>85,000<\/td>\n<td>93,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Lug length<\/td>\n<td>\u215d&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>\u215d&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>\u215d&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Brother Adam<\/strong> at Buckfast Abbey in Devon designed the <strong>Buckfast Dadant hive<\/strong> in the 1920s. This consists of 12 standard Dadant frames in the brood chamber and is bottom bee space. The sloping roof design throws off rain water more efficiently than a flat roof but still maintains a flat surface for resting hive parts on (see diagram). When taken to the heather the hives are held together with a metal rod down the centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four of these hives are placed in a square pattern with the entrances oriented north, east, south and west with the beekeeper working the hives from the centre of the square.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"264\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hive-Buckfast-Dadant.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12519\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buckfast Dadant Hive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>\n.dropbtn {\n  background-color: #008000;\n  color: white;\n  padding: 10, 16px;\n  font-size: 20px;\n  border: none;\n  cursor: pointer;\n}\n\n.dropbtn:hover, .dropbtn:focus {\n  background-color: #015307;\n}\n\n.dropdown {\n  position: relative;\n  display: inline-block;\n}\n\n.dropdown-content {\n  display: none;\n  position: absolute; left: 133px; top: 2px;\n  background-color: #8fbc8f;\n  min-width: 70vw;\n  overflow: auto;\n}\n\n.show {display:block;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n  <button id=\"myBtn\" class=\"dropbtn\">More hives&#8230;<\/button>\n  <div id=\"myDropdown\" class=\"dropdown-content\">\n<div id=\"ednavgrid\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=301\">Which Hive?<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=305\">National<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=339\">14 x 12<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=345\">WBC<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=348\">Commercial<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=353\">Smith<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=358\">Langstroth<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=364\">Dadant<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=368\">Dartington<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=375\">Beehaus<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=378\">Warr\u00e9<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=1634\">Top Bar<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=1831\">Leyens hive<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=4942\">Flow hive<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=4292\">Rose hive<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n\ndocument.getElementById(\"myBtn\").onclick = function() {myFunction1()};\n\nfunction myFunction1() {\n  document.getElementById(\"myDropdown\").classList.toggle(\"show\");\n}\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dadant Charles Dadant emigrated from France to America in 1863. 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