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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
Monitoring Temperature and Humidity on Beehives Why does the humidity matter so much on a beehive and how do I control it? Temperature itself doesn't affect bees so much, since they can regulate their own temperature and the beehive's temperature On the other hand, humidity in the beehive has several negative effects on the well-being of
Painting wax dipped hives | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Hello I have a question about painting hives that have already been wax dipped As background, I am installing a series of hives within a HOA that prohibits "unpainted" wood I already made the case that wax dipped woodenware has a covering and does not need to be painted but I did not get the
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
Hive entrance size. - Beesource Beekeeping Forums I'm wondering about the hive entrance size I built my Langstroth hives to spec off of plans here, with a 3 8" gap between the bottom board and the hive body, however, I noticed that my friends commercially purchased hives have a ¾" "entrance" gap with a ¾" reducer The ¾" reducer does have
Cleaning old hives and frames | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Complete newbie here I picked up eight six hive boxes last week (see below) from a commercial beek who has gone out of business I've heard the cautions against purchasing used equipment, but for me and my finances, it was either this or not do it at all All of the boxes and frames are in
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Inhaling Beehive Air - Apitherapy | Page 4 | Beesource Beekeeping Forums So "beehive air" can have have up to 1000 times as much CO [SUB]2 [ SUB] compared to what humans normally breathe Whether or not high levels of CO [SUB]2 [ SUB] from beehive air can actually be called "theraputic" is questionable, but it may be possible in some cases For instance, see this study proposal
Bees gone - hive empty What happened - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Freeze the comb for a couple of days, the store it in a cool dry place in plastic bags for next year It's the most valuable resource you can have when trying to start a hive What happened, I can't guess with the info you gave How long since you last looked at the hive If there was lots of honey and now it's all gone, the hive was likely robbed out Unless it has been a little while and the