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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => TOP BAR HIVES - WARRE HIVES - LONG HIVES => Topic started by: affreux on February 07, 2012, 09:38:29 pm

Title: strip built hive
Post by: affreux on February 07, 2012, 09:38:29 pm

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Built from strips left from a Kayak project of the Summer. Uses Lang top bars with 3/16" dowels shaped for the hive.  Strips were laid end to end then wrapped with five strips, then another layer of strips.  Between the layers of strips are two layers of air/foil insulation so it should have an R factor of around 8.  The black latches hold the top.  (http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6561/1001066e.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/515/1001066e.jpg/)

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Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: hardwood on February 07, 2012, 11:14:52 pm

Beautiful!

Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: AliciaH on February 08, 2012, 01:34:55 pm

That is gorgeous!  What is the length?

Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: nietssemaj on February 08, 2012, 02:05:07 pm

Looks nice. I was about to post some pictures of my TBH made from a 55 gallon drum..

This puts my hive to shame :)

Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: affreux on February 08, 2012, 03:59:08 pm

Length is 30" and will hold 24 top bars with the spacers for honeycomb.

Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: BlueBee on February 09, 2012, 04:02:21 pm

Wow, what a beautiful hive!

Did you put fiberglass cloth over the exterior wood and then coated that with varnish?

Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: affreux on February 09, 2012, 05:17:14 pm

Blue, fiberglass over exterior strips, (not ends) then five coats of spar varnish.  Counting on the propolizer to finish the inside.

Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: luvin honey on February 10, 2012, 02:30:33 pm

Wow--gorgeous!

Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: Dagar on March 29, 2013, 11:22:48 am

That is very Interesting ! I am looking at a bucket full of strips left over from my cedar strip boat. Now I know what I can do with them. Thanks for the idea!

Title: Re: strip built hive
Post by: silverbackotter on April 05, 2013, 12:12:07 pm

Pretty, any reports on how well it has done?