any plans for hives made from logs?

[ratcatcher]

I may in the not too distant future be the owner of a small woodland, and hope to keep some bees there, at first I thought of making my normal tbh, but then started thinking that to aid them blending in with the surround area, why not use a fallen log and chainsaw, and hopefully end up with a hive that still looks like a fallen log

 

[oliver90owner]

Post this request in Africa? Likely get a good response?

 

[Anduril]

A picture of a 19th Century Polish log hive. Looks like an early version of a Dartington. http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-575...rural-poland-made-from-hollow-tree-trunk.html

 

[WelshPaul]

See "bees for development" they do put reach bee keeping in Africa and all the hives are made from logs.

 

[Anduril]

http://africayouthskills.org/Honeybees have a look at beekeeping training manual. Smaller quantities of honey and it is degraded by bark debris

 

[thebhoy]

Here is a youtube link for making one.....follow on from this link and you will come across several clips of them being made and used

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkTWSXPTAiM[/ame]

 

[PBee]

I may in the not too distant future be the owner of a small woodland, and hope to keep some bees there, at first I thought of making my normal tbh, but then started thinking that to aid them blending in with the surround area, why not use a fallen log and chainsaw, and hopefully end up with a hive that still looks like a fallen log

Have you found one yet and if so what's it like - species wise etc.?

 

[ratcatcher]

Here is a youtube link for making one.....follow on from this link and you will come across several clips of them being made and used

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkTWSXPTAiM

thats brilliant, just what I meant, thanks matey

 

[thebhoy]

You're very welcome m8....good luck with them if you do decide to go down that route, looks worth doing for trying to set up a few feral colonies on the edge of forests.

 

[user 6228]

You're very welcome m8....good luck with them if you do decide to go down that route, looks worth doing for trying to set up a few feral colonies on the edge of forests.

keep the thickness ~ 150mm and the internal height > 600mm
bottom entrance...
it matters a great deal for the heat

 

[Andy Duff]

i may in the not too distant future be the owner of a small woodland, and hope to keep some bees there, at first i thought of making my normal tbh, but then started thinking that to aid them blending in with the surround area, why not use a fallen log and chainsaw, and hopefully end up with a hive that still looks like a fallen log

ever thought about bee-keeping instead of being a loony

 

[ratcatcher]

ever thought about bee-keeping instead of being a loony

seems you have the problem not me

 

[farbee]

ever thought about bee-keeping instead of being a loony

Although I would not even think of going down this road that comment is bite rude and uncalled for as it is insulting (in my view).

 

[Luminos]

Nothing wrong with being a loony.

 

[tonybloke]

Nothing wrong with being a loony.

well said