Beekeeping with Apis cerana using traditional log hives often leads to the destruction of the colony during honey harvesting because the combs are destroyed in the harvesting process and bees cannot survive. The introduction of a wooden cross in the middle of the traditional log hive can solve this problem. This practice describes how to implement this easy and low-cost improvement to the traditional hive and how to manage this improved traditional log hive. This improved traditional log hive enables sustainable beekeeping as colonies are not destroyed when harvesting honey. Thus, honey production is higher than when using the traditional hives.