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COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
« 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

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« Reply #1 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.


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« Reply #2 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:

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« Reply #3 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

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« Reply #4 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....

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« Reply #5 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.
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« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2004, 01:07:12 pm »
Still haven't seen plans for a DE hive anywhere
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« Reply #7 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
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« Reply #8 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?

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« Reply #9 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 .
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« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2005, 08:40:13 am »
I am going to build a few nucs and prob. quite a few hives, bye :D
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« Reply #11 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.
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« Reply #12 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.
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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2005, 09:34:46 pm »
Thanks Robo, bye :D
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« Reply #14 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
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« Reply #15 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.
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« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2005, 10:20:06 pm »
but no dimension or direct plan of action, mine do have all figs and dimensions too
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« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2005, 11:44:40 am »
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quite a few hives, bye.

 :wink: But is that not a bit risky?

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Re: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2012, 06:04:16 pm »
Just a bump. The links seem good to the pdf files.

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Re: COMPLETE HIVE PLANS OF ALL TYPES
« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2014, 06:00:57 pm »
Has anyone built any Rose Hives or familiar with "The Rose Hive Method"?
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