How to Assemble a Frame Jig for Bee Hives
Clear off your workbench: It’s time to assemble all the pieces of your frame jig, which holds all the parts to assemble and nail ten bee hive frames at a time. [more…]
Vital Stats and Materials List for Double-Screened Inner Covers for Hives
Your bees will love you for making a double-screened inner cover for their hives. This design for a double-screened inner cover is extra heavy-duty compared to lightweight commercial designs that tend [more…]
Cut List for a Double-Screened Inner Cover
To build a double-screened inner cover for a bee hive, first break it down into its individual components The following tables provide instructions on how to cut the individual components for each type [more…]
Cut List for the Solar Wax Melter
Build a solar wax melter by first breaking it down into its individual components — these tables show you how and provide instructions on how to cut those components. The top assembly requires a dado cut [more…]
How to Assemble a Solar Wax Melter
After you've cut all the pieces of your solar wax melter, it's time to clear a good work space and put all this stuff together. You start with the floor of the solar wax melter and work your way to the [more…]
Vital Stats and Materials List for the Solar Wax Melter
To maximize the profits from owning bee hives, you can melt the wax that your bees generate. Pound for pound, beeswax is worth more than honey, so it's definitely worth a bit of effort to reclaim this [more…]
How to Assemble the Hive-Top Feeder
With all the parts cut out for your hive-top feeder, it's time to assemble the pieces. The process is identical whether the hive-top feeder you're putting together is for a ten- or eight-frame Langstroth [more…]
Vital Stats and Materials List for the Hive-Top Feeder
The hive-top feeder is just one of several feeder designs you can use to offer sugar syrup to your bees when the nectar flow is minimal or nonexistent. Feeders also provide a convenient way to medicate [more…]
Cut List for the Hive-Top Feeder
When building a hive-top feeder, it's easiest to break it down into its individual components — the following tables show you how and provide instructions on how to cut those components. Separate cut sheets [more…]
Cut List for the IPM Screened Bottom-Board
When building an IPM screened bottom-board for bee hives, it's easiest to break it down into its individual components — the following tables show you how and provide instructions on how to cut those components [more…]
How to Assemble the IPM Screened Bottom-Board
Using a screened bottom-board in a hive offers the great advantage of improved ventilation. Poor ventilation is one of the leading causes of stress on a bee colony. A screened bottom-board [more…]
Vital Stats and Materials List for the IPM Screened Bottom-Board
A screened bottom-board really helps with mite control in your bee hive, and you find out how to build one here. With varroa mites a problem for many beekeepers, screened bottom-boards are gaining popularity [more…]
How to Assemble an Elevated Hive Stand
Now that you've cut out all the parts, it's time to build your elevated bee hive stand. Remember, you need an elevated stand for every hive. [more…]
Vital Stats and Materials List for the Elevated Hive Stand
Elevated hive stands keep your bee hives well off the damp ground and provides better air circulation, which keeps the colony drier. The hive's elevation helps deter skunks and other pests from snacking [more…]
Cut List for an Elevated Hive Stand
When building an elevated hive stand for your bee, it's easiest to break it down into its individual components — the following tables show you how and provide instructions on how to cut those components [more…]
How to Assemble Langstroth Frames
You assemble all of the Langstroth frames, no matter the size, in an identical manner. Follow these instructions for each frame you put together. Putting together frames can be monotonous, but the assembly [more…]
Vital Stats and Materials List for Langstroth Frames
Langstroth frames for bee hives come in three basic sizes — deep, medium, and shallow — corresponding to deep hive bodies and medium or shallow honey supers. The method for cutting and assembling deep, [more…]
Cut List for Langstroth Frames
The following tables break down the various Langstroth frames into their individual components and provide instructions on how to cut those components for deep, medium, and shallow frames. [more…]
How to Make Tricky Cuts for Side Bars of Langstroth Frames
Side bars for your Langstroth hive frames have a wide profile at the top and taper to a more narrow profile at the bottom. This tapered shape provides the correct distance between frames and allows for [more…]
How to Make Tricky Cuts for Top Bars of Langstroth Frames
The top bars of Langstroth bee hive frames require the trickiest cuts. Follow these steps and refer to the following figure to make these cuts. [more…]
