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[midlandgardencare]

Hi all, I'm Matt. I've been interested in bees for many years my grandad always wanted to keep bees but he never did so I thought I'd go on a course ran by Brian Goodwin from the Shropshire bee keepers association, he was an excellent tutor and I would urge anyone interested to go to one of his courses.

I work in Birmingham as a gardener and with some of the bad weather this week I seized the free time to buy a sheet of plywood and follow the plans I printed from David cushmans site out of the sheet i managed to make 2x national brood boxes and 6x supers. I've finished the hives with a coat of teak oil and will give them another coat in a few days.

When I get settled in I'll post some photographs of the hives

 

[dn170221]

Welcome,
And well done with the hives!

 

[yeogi75]

welcome
looking forward to some pics

 

[Luminos]

 

[Peterxix]

New Hives

Hi I have just finished making my hives, now making the Brood and supper Frames, Photos Attached if I have done it right? Peter

 

[BeeJayBee]

Peterxix - what are your hives standing on? It looks like some sort of polycarbonate.

 

[Peterxix]

Hive Stands

Peterxix - what are your hives standing on? It looks like some sort of polycarbonate.

Hi yes it is a type of Polycarbonate, they are interlocking they are the ones that you see in marques on the ground when the ground is wet and soggy , Hope that helps,

 

[dn170221]

Just out of interest what size was the ply sheeting?
did you just use butt joints.

Oh and welcome

 

[BeeJayBee]

It does help.

Any idea where they can be bought, cheaply?

 

[midlandgardencare]

Just out of interest what size was the ply sheeting?
did you just use butt joints.

Oh and welcome

Hi,

I used 18mm ply and butt jointed it. I do intend building more equipment but using better jointing methods

 

[RogueDrone]

Hi all, I'm Matt. I've been interested in bees for many years my grandad always wanted to keep bees but he never did so I thought I'd go on a course ran by Brian Goodwin from the Shropshire bee keepers association, he was an excellent tutor and I would urge anyone interested to go to one of his courses.

I work in Birmingham as a gardener and with some of the bad weather this week I seized the free time to buy a sheet of plywood and follow the plans I printed from David cushmans site out of the sheet i managed to make 2x national brood boxes and 6x supers. I've finished the hives with a coat of teak oil and will give them another coat in a few days.

When I get settled in I'll post some photographs of the hives

, you seem to have done a bit of homework before getting started something we can all learn from.

Does Dave C. sitr give cutting plan to get 2 complete hives from a single 8x4 sheet?

 

[midlandgardencare]

He doesn't specify it will but I do hope I've got my measuring correct.

 

[midlandgardencare]

These are the two hives together before I finished one off.

 

[midlandgardencare]

, you seem to have done a bit of homework before getting started something we can all learn from.

Does Dave C. sitr give cutting plan to get 2 complete hives from a single 8x4 sheet?

Homework is always good, I've been looking at a couple of top bar hives but I don't really want lots of different hive types but they do look very good. My plan is to keep a couple of hives for myself for a year or two before looking to site some hives with local farmers and in some local orchards. I was thinking that a top bar hive may be better in an orchard however I'm sure the more experienced keepers will have suggestions.

 

[midlandgardencare]

oes Dave C. sitr give cutting plan to get 2 complete hives from a single 8x4 sheet?

Sorry I think I may have missed your question, Dave cushmans site gives all the measurements and diagrams of the different parts and how they are assembled, I found it most helpful. I printed off the parts that I was going to build and laminated them so when I was in t he workshop they didn't get torn, Stained and ruined.