Editing Beehive (section)

==== Warré hives ====
[[File:Ruche-populaire.jpg|thumb|100px|Warré Hive]]

The Warré hive was invented by the village priest [[Émile Warré]], and is also called {{lang|fr|ruche populaire}} ('the people's hive'). It is a modular and storied design similar to a Langstroth hive. The hive body is made of boxes stacked vertically; however, it uses top bars for comb support instead of full frames similar to a Top-Bar Hive, as a general rule. The popularity of this hive is growing among 'sustainable-practice' beekeepers.<ref name="Warre">Beekeeping For All - Abbé Warré</ref>

The Warre hive differs from other stacked hive systems in one fundamental aspect: when the bees need more space as the colony expands, the new box is "nadired"; i.e., positioned underneath the existing box or boxes. This serves the purpose of warmth retention within the brood nest of the hive, considered vital to colony health.<ref name="Warre"/>