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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: beemaster on April 24, 2004, 09:41:32 pm

Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: beemaster on April 24, 2004, 09:41:32 pm
Here are GREAT PLANS in PDF FORMAT from Beesource.com - if you are looking to build your own equipment, here is the place for plans. Here you will find plans for.

10 Frame Langstroth Beehive  
5 Frame Nuc Beehive  
5 Frame Nuc Beehive - U.S.D.A.  
Double Three Frame Brood Beehive - U.S.D.A.  
10 Frame W.B.C. Hive  
Dadant Type Frames  
10 Frame Assembly Jig for Frames  
3 Frame Observation Hive  
4 Frame Honey Extractor  
20 Frame Honey Extractor  
Modified Pillow Block Bar For Maxant Chain Uncapper  
Foundation Form Board  
IPM/Screen Bottom Board  
Pollen Traps - Trapping Pollen From Honey Bee Colonies  
Double Screen Board  
Solar Wax Melter  
Removeable Swarm Catching Frames  
Super Dumping Board - U.S.D.A.  
Honeycomb Uncapping Tank - U.S.D.A.  
Honey Heater  
Miller Type Feeder  
Slatted Bottom Rack  
Bee Vac  
Apidictor

http://www.beesource.com/plans/index.htm

Beemaster
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Robo on April 25, 2004, 08:44:14 am
These are great plans,  I have built a few. Well worth checking out if your into building some equipment.


Rob......
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: celtic on June 25, 2004, 07:03:11 pm
Yes they are easy to follow and build. I suggest anyone making their own boxes to invest in a box joint jig. Unless you enjoy spending time a widlelin on it :lol:
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: asleitch on June 26, 2004, 12:15:32 pm
Can I recommend David Cushmans site also?

I've found it a superb resource for building UK National Hives, but he has many others from the UK, Ireland and worldwide...

The info I used for the UK national

http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/nat.html

Although there is literally loads of other designs/info.

heres the link to some Langstroth design information
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/lang.html

Adam
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Anonymous on September 30, 2004, 02:52:33 am
I would like to get a look at these plans, but the links to download them in .PDF seem to be dead....
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Beth Kirkley on September 30, 2004, 09:23:57 am
I tried the PDF files and they opened fine. Might have just been a problem with the server for you, or something else.
Beth
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: BigRog on September 30, 2004, 01:07:12 pm
Still haven't seen plans for a DE hive anywhere
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Robo on September 30, 2004, 07:57:08 pm
Quote from: BigRog
Still haven't seen plans for a DE hive anywhere


Until someone who has bought one makes some plans, here is the closest you will get
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/nat.html
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: beewildrd on December 28, 2004, 04:58:02 pm
Forgive my ignorance, I'm just getting started with woodworking, but I was looking at the plans at

http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/nat.html

and was wondering;
1 - what does splayed and rebated mean?
2 - what does it mean when it says "Note  The front and back are set 9 mm up from the baseline. "?

Any help greatly appreciated, btw, i got a table router for xmas, cant wait to build my first hive, even if there's no bees in it for a while!

*EDIT* I think I've worked it out - splayed just means a bevel on the top edge of the bottom rails, but does rebated mean a rebate along the length of the top rail, on the inside edge?

Cheers
Glyn
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: williams460 on April 07, 2005, 03:33:43 am
The de hive is based on a square hive ,so it be easy to build.Just look at the pics with minimal research to do, and build 3/8 bee space figured in and do a warm or cold way entrance and your in.Plus the top venting band. hope to encouge you go for it .
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Horns Pure Honey on April 07, 2005, 08:40:13 am
I am going to build a few nucs and prob. quite a few hives, bye :D
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Robo on April 07, 2005, 07:16:58 pm
Quote from: williams460
The de hive is based on a square hive ,so it be easy to build.Just look at the pics with minimal research to do, and build 3/8 bee space figured in and do a warm or cold way entrance and your in.Plus the top venting band. hope to encouge you go for it .


It is more than just that.  The frames are british standard-like design with longer tabs which lead to better end gap alignment and reduce propolis.  It is not worth the effort to build a square Langstroth framed hive, you will build in the same propolis deficiencies of a normal Langstroth hive.  You are better off to just use standard size Langstroth boxes and build the modified bottom board and ventilation box as offered by beeworks.
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Robo on April 07, 2005, 07:20:15 pm
Quote from: Horns Pure Honey
I am going to build a few nucs and prob. quite a few hives, bye :D


Ryan,

Consider skipping the nucs and build some double screen boards instead.  I find splits grow much faster with the double screen board and best of all, all you equipment is standard and interchangeable.
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Horns Pure Honey on April 07, 2005, 09:34:46 pm
Thanks Robo, bye :D
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: williams460 on April 19, 2005, 07:03:58 pm
hmm ive located wbc plans but they say its copy writed so does that mean i caint pass it around hmm
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Jerrymac on April 19, 2005, 07:49:04 pm
You can find some here without breeching I think.

http://www.beesource.com/plans/index.htm

OH my bad. That's what John has up top.
Title: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: williams460 on April 19, 2005, 10:20:06 pm
but no dimension or direct plan of action, mine do have all figs and dimensions too
Title: risky?
Post by: eye388 on November 19, 2005, 11:44:40 am
Quote from: Horns Pure Honey
quite a few hives, bye.

 :wink: But is that not a bit risky?
Title: Re: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: buzzbee on January 21, 2012, 06:04:16 pm
Just a bump. The links seem good to the pdf files.
Title: Re: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: Monte on October 17, 2014, 06:00:57 pm
Has anyone built any Rose Hives or familiar with "The Rose Hive Method"?
Title: Re: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
Post by: thewhiterhino on November 27, 2014, 12:43:53 pm
Has anyone built any Rose Hives or familiar with "The Rose Hive Method"?

I haven't yet but I like the idea of thicker lumber for the insulation value and am planning to standard 2x lumber to make boxes next spring. The plan I have is to use the Langstroth inner dimensions so standard frames will work. That should make it easier to work with other people.
CDX plywood for the sides long enough to cover the end of a lift bar on each end. I don't have access to a shaper or a planer like the Rose Hive guy does.
I am trying to simplify the box building as much as possible with my limited equipment.
I think these boxes can be built fast and inexpensively.
I am also going to check with a saw mill about an hour away for rough cut.
Are you thinking of the Rose type hives also?