And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild HONEY.- Matthew 3:4
Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Dec 20th, 2009 5 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 Mar 12th, 2009 16 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 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Bee Removals, Beekeeping, How-To on Mar 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Anyone that has done more than one cut-out knows what a pain it is to try and tie the comb into frames. Yes rubber bands may be easier, but they bring there own challenges too as they can sag with heavy comb. My preferred method is to use cut-out frames which are just regular frames [...]
Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Mar 2nd, 2009 9 Comments »
Another crappy weather day gave me the opportunity to build some more medium supers. I buy rough cut 1×8 lumber from a local mill. I plane the boards down to 7/8″ so the supers are a little bit tougher that the normal 3/4″ commercial supers. Then using the table saw, I cut the boards to [...]
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