I built a bee hive. It’s based on top bar hives built by a guy in Wyoming.
I built it of materials found in our basement or nearby construction work. I did have to buy a replacement pulley for the table saw when the pulley broke, but that doesn’t count. I spent no money on this construction. It’s glued and screwed, built of pine, cedar, spruce, 1/4″ luon plywood, 3/4″ plywood, 2″ foam insulation in the cover, and a corrugated fiberglass roof.
It fits 24 bars maximum, and uses a melted wax channel as a comb guide on the bars.
Next month I’m picking up some Minnesota Hygenic bees from an apiary to the north.
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