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Sound Communication in Honeybees - Beesource Beekeeping Forums One, known as the characteristic hum of a beehive, is produced by the "ventilating" worker bees: bees that stand anchored on the comb or some other structure in the hive and create currents of air by beating their wings This sound, varying in intensity, has a basic frequency of 250 cycles per second and often has strong overtones
Build It Yourself - Equipment Plans in PDF format 10-Frame Langstroth Beehive - Barry Birkey The thumbnail image above is clickable, so you can see a larger image, but to download the actual PDF file to your system, click on the PDF attachment below
5 Frame Nuc - D. Coates Version - Beesource Beekeeping Forums This plan gives details for making (4) 5-frame nucs from one piece of 1 2" plywood - 4' x 8' A cutting layout diagram is included Design by D Coates Download the 5-Frame Nuc Beehive Plans - PDF format
Notch in Inner Cover Down or Up - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Where do you place notch in inner cover for winter? Down or Up? Been placing mine down for winter, but one hive did get quite a bit of mildew on underside of outer cover Have 2 inch of styrofoam on under side of inner cover as well as a piece of fiber ceiling tile Also install a feeder rim
Box Joint Plans - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Box joints ought to get more praise than they do Once this joint is cut (if it's cut well) it takes only a little glue to make an extremely strong joint That makes it particularly nice for beehive boxes Box joints are extremely flexible as far as size (or scale) is concerned They can easily be cut to "look right" on 4 4 stock, or reduced down to a scale that's appropriate for stock as thin
What types of wood can I use for my bee hives I am building a lot of my own equipment mostly from pine scraps and some poplar that I pick up around work I have acces to a lot of oak cutoffs and a lot of rough cut cedar What are the pros and cons of using these woods for hives?
10-FRAME LANGSTROTH BEEHIVE - Beesource Beekeeping Forums The species of wood used to make a beehive can vary depending upon what is available in your area The minimum thickness should not be less than 3 4" If you are using standard dimensional lumber, you can use 1x8 (3 4" x 7-1 4") for both shallow and medium super, and 1x12 (3 4" x 11-1 4") for the deep hive body
10-FRAME LANGSTROTH BEEHIVE - Beesource Beekeeping Forums The species of wood used to make a beehive can vary depending upon what is available in your area The minimum thickness should not be less than 3 4" If you are using standard dimensional lumber, you can use 1x8 (3 4" x 7-1 4") for both shallow and medium super, and 1x12 (3 4" x 11-1 4") for the deep hive body
AZ Slovenian Hive Dimensions | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Are there any real 'standard' AZ Slovenian hives out there? I have been searching and can't find any that have standard dimensions But the original European hive is not my real concern, what I really would like is one that is compatible with a Langstroth frame as close as possible so that if