Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: cao on February 20, 2017, 10:44:02 pm
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I figured I'd show off some of my handywork for my 500th post. I've been wanting an observation hive for a while. I finally got around to building it(I actually built 2). It's two frames wide, medium frame height, and I built it with boxes that are latched together so it is expandable. Hopefully I will get some bees in it soon. :grin:
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Looks pretty good. It is the same size (frame wise) as mine.
What is nice is that you can save a very small swarm by putting them in your OH, even in winter.
Enjoy, you will learn a lot from them.
Jim
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That's nice.
I'd like to try something like that, what are some general guidelines about OH in the house?
Locate in the garage? North side of house? Out of wife's sight?
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Love it! So pretty!
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sawdstmakr
Thanks. I think it will definitely be an opportunity to learn. And as a bonus I can get my 'bee fix' during the winter.
jvalentour
In my case, I have a bay window that I will be putting it in. The window is under the front porch and faces northeast. It only gets a couple of hours of direct sunlight early in the morning so it shouldn't get too hot. I made two so I'm not sure where the second one is going yet.
Out of wife's sight? I'm single so I don't have to worry about that. :wink:
Rurification
Thanks. It turned out better than I expected.