And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and HONEY, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.- II Chronicles 31:5
Posted in Bee Removals, How-To on Apr 28th, 2011 2 Comments »
This 2 part video talks about the versatility of the Bushkill Bee Vac and demonstrates how to use if for capturing swarms and doing cut-outs.
Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Dec 20th, 2009 6 Comments »
I just finished building 20 double 5 frame nucs that can be disassembled for storage and/or transporting. I used polystyrene deeps as they can be knocked down and reassembled in about 1 minute. I built a simple bottom board out of 1/2″ plywood with 3 inch entrances on opposite sides.
Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Oct 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
Special Thanks to Jim Hensel for sharing this idea, photos, and directions. Background: I am making my own hive boxes. I have researched handles and the choices are as follows: 1. Cleat 2. Dado slot 3. Canoe shaped routed pocket But I wanted something more. I noticed that many “store bought” boxes have a routed [...]
Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Mar 12th, 2009 1,213 Comments »
It seems like frames and frame assembly is something that the beginners on Beemaster forums often have questions about. So with the help of my son, I’m working on putting together a series of short videos. Here is the first session which is an overview of frame types, frame sizes, and frame styles. I will [...]
Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Mar 3rd, 2009 2 Comments »
I don’t like to put frame spacers in my supers because I like to start new un-drawn frames 10 to a super to get the comb drawn correctly. Once the frames are drawn, I reduce them to 9 per super to make extracting easier. I’ve tried putting 9-frame spacers in some and no spacers in [...]
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