Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: beemaster on April 24, 2004, 09:41:32 pm
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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
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These are great plans, I have built a few. Well worth checking out if your into building some equipment.
Rob......
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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:
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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
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I would like to get a look at these plans, but the links to download them in .PDF seem to be dead....
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I tried the PDF files and they opened fine. Might have just been a problem with the server for you, or something else.
Beth
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Still haven't seen plans for a DE hive anywhere
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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
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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
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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 .
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I am going to build a few nucs and prob. quite a few hives, bye :D
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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.
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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.
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Thanks Robo, bye :D
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hmm ive located wbc plans but they say its copy writed so does that mean i caint pass it around hmm
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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.
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but no dimension or direct plan of action, mine do have all figs and dimensions too
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quite a few hives, bye.
:wink: But is that not a bit risky?
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Just a bump. The links seem good to the pdf files.
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Has anyone built any Rose Hives or familiar with "The Rose Hive Method"?
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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?