Use bee hive plans and instructions to build catching frames, bee feeders, solar wax melter or bee vacuum. Simple plans include a Snellgrove board and a slated bottom rack. Build an interesting observation bee hive that will fascinate both adults and children.
Super economical and functional, plywood bee hives can be made at a fraction of the cost of the traditional cedar designs and the way they are put together, can be made by anybody with basic skills and tools.
This bee hive is not designed for harvesting honey. This is just a home for bees. Not only is the bucket is habitable, but the hollow pipe that supports it in the air can also be colonized.
Save your bees from the winter with an insulated bee hive. If the hive is insulated and protected against the weather the bee has to do less work to keep warm and has an overall better chance of survival.
Build a bee hive so much cheaper than buying new expensive ones!
These bee hive plans are made by removing the center of logs and stacking them on top of one another.
Gable roofs are great for stationary horizontal hives! Try this Long Langstroth Hive.
Building your own bee hive can be rewarding. There is a cost savings of around 30% per hive.
Building boxes needed to actually catch swarms are quite different in design to normal hives and need to be lightweight and easily secured for transportation. See how to build!
Bee hive plans for a top bar beehive made from an old 5 gallon barrel.
The Warre hive is smaller than a regular ten frame Langstroth hive. The cost per beehive for all new materials is about $70 depending on what type of wood is used. It takes 2 to 3 hours to build a complete Warre hive.
To make this wooden slats bee hive, all you need is both 3/4" and 3/8" wooden slats from old skids. Make sure there are no nails in the slats.
Step by step plans for a catching frame that offers easy capture of feral comb.
Download instructions for building a screen bottom board for a beehive.
Build this bottom rack to be placed at the bottom of the hive for proper ventilation.
This is an easy to make wax melter that lets the sun do the melting.
Make a bee hive using these plans, illustrative drawings and detailed instructions.
Easy to build bee hive that consists of 12 big mouth quart size jars attached to a solid and secure wooden box.
Here are step by step plans for building a top bar bee hive with a single bar of wood.
Using untreated 3/4 inch boards, you can easily build a bee hive from the ground up.
Read how to best prepare for owning and maintaining your own bee hives, the best environment for beekeeping and more.
Here are three downloadable bee hive projects from experts in the field of bee keeping.
This pole mounted beehive uses a small amount of wood and some plastic nesting trays.
Create a small wooden bee hive with a planter on one side and a pond of water on the other.
This plan uses a 4 x 8 sheet of your choice of wood and turns it into a well-made bee hive.
