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Build It Yourself - Equipment Plans in PDF format The Double Screen or Snellgrove Board is a management tool that allows the beekeeper to make two queen hives, make multiple nucleus hives on top of a main hive, or divide the hive for swarm control It has 8 entrances, top and bottom entrances on each side which can be opened or kept closed Sized for a Langstroth Beehive
Safe distance from hives? | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Hello All- I am starting 2 hives in the spring and have been pondering where to put them I have a few spots in mind, away from sight from the road, shelter on the north side, sunny spot, etc My question is, what is a safe distance from a hive to be walking, working in the yard, etc? I was
Beehive clearance and distance to neighbors - Beesource Beekeeping Forums I'm trying to come up with the best hive location - while having the location be out of view from neighbors I have one location that seems perfect, shielded the north and south sides by vegetation, the west side less vegetation but is about 150 feet from my house, 50 feet from my chickens (in
Monitoring Temperature and Humidity on Beehives On the other hand, humidity in the beehive has several negative effects on the well-being of the hive, the worst of all being that it endangers the honeybee colony living there, since with humidity levels below 50% eggs can't hatch meaning that the colony numbers will drop
10-FRAME LANGSTROTH BEEHIVE - Beesource Beekeeping Forums 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 Start by cutting the boards to length For fronts and backs,
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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
solid bottom board vs screened board - Beesource Beekeeping Forums When it comes to controlling mites,I will take whatever help I can get My SBB are permanently closed off "In this study, a meta-analysis was conducted with seven published studies to understand whether screen bottom board does have a significantly negative impact on the varroa population
Gable roof designs and pictures. . please. - Beesource Beekeeping Forums there has been a pic floated around here a few times of a girl showing off a beehive in, I believe, russia it looks like a doll house or a castle or something fantastic, all kinds of trim detail and stuff I can't find the pic, maybe someone else has a link Dave
Temperature readings inside hive - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Hi, i have been thinking about doing a study where i measure the temperature inside a beehive over winter and throughout spring and summer Anyone know if this has been done or preferably, if data is easily available? After spending some time online I did find a temperature logger i recon will work really well - Signatrol SL52T