Bee Houses

[Margaret Elisabeth]

Has anyone read the the article on Bee Houses in The BBKA News.
Anyone have a Bee House.
What thoughts do others have, I have been thinking of making some sort of shelter. I looked at making a CDB, type, cover for the winter for my two hives but precision joinery seems to be, not my forte.

 

[Jimy Dee]

Really interesting - for those that have bee houses could they post photos of them please. I read recently bees do much better in beehouses.

 

[Margaret Elisabeth]

Really interesting - for those that have bee houses could they post photos of them please. I read recently bees do much better in beehouses.

Makes sense really keeps the hive dry and virtually no wind cooling effect. I watched some skep beekeeping videos when I first thought about being a beekeeper. The skeps were housed in an open fronted shed. It was a commercial honey business in Germany. Positioning was important. I won't be making anything on the scale of the stuff in the BBKA News but I thought a shelter to keep off the worst of the weather Like the old bee boles did would be good. I am sure there must be some stuff on the interweb that you could look at.
I just found the full article at http://www.honeyshop.co.uk/articles.html Just copy the address into a new search bar. Oh no need to copy it automatically connected, the wonder of modern science hehe.

 

[oliver90owner]

I read recently bees do much better in beehouses.


That kinda reinforces the use of insulation with free-standing hives, doesn't it!

Do people use polyhives in beehouses might be a good question?

 

[Goran]

Plain shelter, with wall ( removable) protecting from north. Taken with mobile phone not some great photos, just to see.. If you want to have maximum of space, just stuck one AŽ hive on another - doubles the hive number under same roof.

 

[Margaret Elisabeth]

Great stuff Goran. Do you get a lot of snow and how do they stand up to high winds?

 

[Margaret Elisabeth]

Ploy hives might fair much better in bee houses, they would not need to be painted.
I was thinking of the insulation properties of the CDB hives when I considered making the CDB type cover.
Obviously temperature has a big effect on bee behaviour.

 

[Goran]

We used to have lot of snow, but due to climate changes weather is gone berserk. You never know what will be - sunny in january to walk in t shirts or snow storms.. These days temps are bellow 10C, might be some snow soon. Winds are no problem or maybe we don't have such strong winds as you have..

 

[fatshark]

Has there been anything in BeeCraft recently? I don't get it, but did see a very nice bee house this season and was told there was going to be something in BeeCraft on it. Half a dozen hives, half a dozen nucs, great roof design for easy bee exit and lots of light.

 

[Margaret Elisabeth]

http://www.honeyshop.co.uk/articles.html
Full article.