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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
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
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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,
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
Easiest Split Technique for a Newbie - Beesource Beekeeping Forums I am looking to split my only hive this Spring Right now it's three built out deeps with what I am quite sure is a healthy population and a good, healthy queen I have done a lot of reading, and like so many things there seem to be dozens of methods Which split technique do you think is the
Cleaning old hives and frames | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Complete newbie here I picked up eight six hive boxes last week (see below) from a commercial beek who has gone out of business I've heard the cautions against purchasing used equipment, but for me and my finances, it was either this or not do it at all All of the boxes and frames are in
Painting wax dipped hives | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Hello I have a question about painting hives that have already been wax dipped As background, I am installing a series of hives within a HOA that prohibits "unpainted" wood I already made the case that wax dipped woodenware has a covering and does not need to be painted but I did not get the