Conventional beehives featured a single-level design that placed the queen, drones, workers, and larvae all in the same space. The honey chamber and the brood chamber shared a common enclosure.
傳統的蜂箱為單層式，所有蜂王、雄蜂、工蜂、幼蜂共居一室，「儲蜜室」必須和「育嬰房」分搶蜂箱空間。