BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER > EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS
Coates 5-Frame Nuc
D Coates:
Here are plans and measurements for nucs I make. I think they are simple and you can make 4 five-frame nucs out of one piece of 15/32 plywood that sells for $10 at Lowes or Home Depot. I use them for swarm traps, queen breeding nucs, and I overwinter nucs with Fall queens in them. I also leave the bottom off of some to stack on other nucs to make 10 frame nucs. I use thin 1 1/4 inch nails, titebond III glue, and I paint them to ensure I get many years of service out of them.
http://s196.photobucket.com/albums/aa190/Drew454/Nuc%20plans/
Plans and cut list for the Coates 5-Frame Nuc can be found here -> https://www.beevac.com/plans-and-downloads/
An 8-Frame Medium version is also now available here as well -> https://www.beevac.com/plans-and-downloads/
Thanks to David (DLMKA) for the 8-Frame adaptation.
Yappy:
Thank you. :)
Pink Cow:
Brilliant. Great design, simple to understand and very economical. Thank you for taking the time to post this. Definitely on my to-do list now as I was just speaking with a friend last night about our need to build a few nucs.
D Coates:
My pleasure. I'm not a very good woodworker, though I'm getting better. I'd been trying to figure out a simple way to make nice quality nucs with relatively thin common plywood. The "end cap" is what gave me my ah-ha moment. I made a couple four years ago. They're still in full use as well as the couple I made 3 years ago and the four I made last year. I've already made four this year and the photo's are of another 4 I'm making. I've learned and copied plenty from others who have posted their ideas here (I made a bushkill beevac from plans on here) and elsewhere, I figured it was my turn to do the same.
Let me know if you have any questions or problems making yours.
David LaFerney:
Does the 1/2" rebate reduce the bee space at the ends enough to cause them to gum it up?
Nice simple design. I like it.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version