Modification to an old Dartington hive

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Have been working on an old Dartington to modify it to my needs.

My plan is to use this one for creating nucs.

So first thing I did was to raise the floor to convert it from 14 X 12 to DN4.



I then packed the floor with celotex



Next up was replacing the rotten roof. Also took the opportunity to insulate this as well.




Then I made two deep crown boards to fit an English feeder.



Then I made some divider boards up.


Ran out of time for today so will work on entrances and painting later.