Bee hive plans

[JoeD 24]

Okay I can't find any good information on building your own hive,

Has anyone got any good simple plans for a basic bee hive so I can make my own.

 

Any help would be very helpful.

 

Joe

[CarraghsGem 92]

http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?cat=402

 

is this any use?

[JoeD 24]

Yes it is thanks

 

Joe

[bert the fert 28]

I've been looking into beekeeping too, Joe. There's a plan here for a design by a famous beekeeper called the Abbe Warré. It differs significantly from modern designs in quite a few ways, but principally in that it's designed to maintain a static temperature in the hive, which is meant to be really beneficial to the bees.

 

The link for the plans is on a site called bio bees, and there's loads of stuff on there about the ins and outs of keeping bees.

 

http://warre.biobees.com/plans.htm

[John Keswick 119]

I've been looking into beekeeping too, Joe. There's a plan here for a design by a famous beekeeper called the Abbe Warré. It differs significantly from modern designs in quite a few ways, but principally in that it's designed to maintain a static temperature in the hive, which is meant to be really beneficial to the bees.

 

The link for the plans is on a site called bio bees, and there's loads of stuff on there about the ins and outs of keeping bees.

 

http://warre.biobees.com/plans.htm

 

You dont want to piss about with those warre hives, its all natural comb, no frames to pop in a extractor...

[bert the fert 28]

I've been looking into beekeeping too, Joe. There's a plan here for a design by a famous beekeeper called the Abbe Warré. It differs significantly from modern designs in quite a few ways, but principally in that it's designed to maintain a static temperature in the hive, which is meant to be really beneficial to the bees.

 

The link for the plans is on a site called bio bees, and there's loads of stuff on there about the ins and outs of keeping bees.

 

http://warre.biobees.com/plans.htm

 

You dont want to piss about with those warre hives, its all natural comb, no frames to pop in a extractor...

 

I know it's not geared towards commercial production. I just liked the notion of healthy bees, given how their numbers are dwindling these days, y'know ?

[John Keswick 119]

I've been looking into beekeeping too, Joe. There's a plan here for a design by a famous beekeeper called the Abbe Warré. It differs significantly from modern designs in quite a few ways, but principally in that it's designed to maintain a static temperature in the hive, which is meant to be really beneficial to the bees.

 

The link for the plans is on a site called bio bees, and there's loads of stuff on there about the ins and outs of keeping bees.

 

http://warre.biobees.com/plans.htm

 

You dont want to piss about with those warre hives, its all natural comb, no frames to pop in a extractor...

 

I know it's not geared towards commercial production. I just liked the notion of healthy bees, given how their numbers are dwindling these days, y'know ?

 

I know what you mean, but i wouldnt take too much notice of everything you hear. We aint trucking our bees 4000 miles each month like the yanks do.

I do think that pesticides are a lot of the problem rather than the hives they are kept in. If you keep bees in warre hive and they get sprayed, they will die exactly the same as if my bees get sprayed.

[bert the fert 28]

I've been looking into beekeeping too, Joe. There's a plan here for a design by a famous beekeeper called the Abbe Warré. It differs significantly from modern designs in quite a few ways, but principally in that it's designed to maintain a static temperature in the hive, which is meant to be really beneficial to the bees.

 

The link for the plans is on a site called bio bees, and there's loads of stuff on there about the ins and outs of keeping bees.

 

http://warre.biobees.com/plans.htm

 

You dont want to piss about with those warre hives, its all natural comb, no frames to pop in a extractor...

 

I know it's not geared towards commercial production. I just liked the notion of healthy bees, given how their numbers are dwindling these days, y'know ?

 

I know what you mean, but i wouldnt take too much notice of everything you hear. We aint trucking our bees 4000 miles each month like the yanks do.

I do think that pesticides are a lot of the problem rather than the hives they are kept in. If you keep bees in warre hive and they get sprayed, they will die exactly the same as if my bees get sprayed.

 

 

Ahh just ignore me I apply the same principles of hopelessly well-intentioned affection to everything i own.

[trappa 518]

Good luck! Beekeeping is defo on my list of thigs to do. I would get a hive tomorrow but the wife wont let me keep them in the garden and i cant keep them on the allotment so im stumped. I feckin love honey too!