Bee Hive buying advice

[Georgie Griggs]

Hi I am new to this forum and about to embark as a natural beekeeper. I think I would like to but a warre hive with a viewing window. Where can I buy one that is already assembled.

 

[For want of a better word]

EBuy?

There are also bumble bee nesting boxes with bumble bees (bred in Belgium) that may interest you..
can not post a link due to beekeeping forum

 

[enrico]

You have not said if you have any experience. I only say this because thirty years ago I decided to keep a few bees in my garden! I soon learned the error of my beliefs!
Please get experience before setting out on this venture and try and see a few of the hives you fancy! Of course you might already have done all this....so welcome too!
E

 

[pargyle]

Hi I am new to this forum and about to embark as a natural beekeeper. I think I would like to but a warre hive with a viewing window. Where can I buy one that is already assembled.

Welcome, good luck with your foray into the dark side of beekeeping ... if you haven't kept bees before you may find the Warre a bit challenging. If you are a convert from the other side then you will probably be fine.

As a Newbie I would suggest a hive that you can inspect with a little more ease than a Warre, occasionally, would be better for you.

You will find that the mention of 'Natural' beekeeping in this forum is likely to result in a few adverse comments .... don't take them to heart - they are all well meant.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere we go again !!

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Hi Georgie,


To respond to another part of your query, ThOrnes do a Warre with an observation window, at £242.


When I was considering buying one, I looked at this possibility:

https://www.holtermann-shop.de/index.php/cPath/1_234

Of course there is a hefty carriage charge, but, at that time at least, the exchange rate made it economically a good bet.

But please don't take this as a recommendation - only information.



Dusty.

 

[Tom Bick]

As with the others I would think twice things can go wrong but on the other hand if you are in a rural location with no immediate neighbours it can work.

 

[Little John]

Hi I am new to this forum and about to embark as a natural beekeeper.

There are sites which specialise in Warre-style beekeeping, which may be more appropriate to join than this one - or perhaps 'in addition' to this one (so as to keep a wider perspective) ?

For example: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/warrebeekeeping

There's also a good Warre sub-forum over at the Biobees.com site (which doesn't have a very good reputation on here, due to a personality clash). There's a German guy (Bernhard 'Zaunreiter') who posts there, and who's posts are a mine of exceptionally useful information.

I think I would like to but a warre hive with a viewing window. Where can I buy one that is already assembled.

Well - you CAN buy them, of course, if you're flush with money - but Abbe Warre entitled these 'The People's Hive': that is, it is a hive primarily designed for home construction by French peasants with few woodworking skills.

There are also some variants which may be of interest to you: The Delon Hive and the Russian 'Alpine' Hive - the latter of which I have built myself (very simple and straightforward, using condemned scaffold boards), which is now just awaiting a bunch of bees - as and when the weather decides to play ball.

LJ