Bee Shed

[domino]

Radio Five Hive?

Dear oh dear .....

 

[WelshPaul]

If you put a hive in a shed, how long could a tube be if you have it going from a hole at the front of the hive to the outside world.

Hope this makes sense.

 

[Tom Bick]

You don’t need a tube just modify the floor/ entrance extend it a bit longer than normal so it fits tight to the outside wall of the shed and the hive sits a couple of inches off the shed wall. I think it's a better job to fix the floor so that during inspections the floor stays in place as its easy to create a gap and its then interesting how many bees then come into the shed.

 

[jeff4051]

As with the previous ques, because of the proximity of the shed to the allotment , only one part of shed could be used for the exit/ent, could you have 2/3 ft piping????

 

[victor meldrew]

When using a bee house! It it advisable to place a hedge some 10/20ft from the front to carry the bees up and over head height!.
Shed housed bees tend to fly out straight ahead for 30ft or more .
Remember, once you have introduce this barrier, the bees regard the space created as part of the hive/s!
VM


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[jeff4051]

There is a walkway in front of shed, the side goes into the bee enclosure with a fence for the bees to rise. I could get a few hives in the shed but not at the side so some plastic tubes etc could work????? 1 inch plasic pipe 3ft to side????

 

[Excession]

If you remove one of the burlap strips you are left with a hole.

Butt the hive up against that. Not tubes required...

 

[Hedgehog]

I saw a design for a bee shed that used a caravan sky light for this.

We picked up an old-but-sound caravan from Freecycle last year, mostly because it was rude not to. Cunning plans are afoot (it's got a fully-functioning beer fridge! ).