Building Beehives For Dummies

Building Beehives For DummiesA build it yourself companion for beekeepers who'd rather make their own equipment than buy it. Howland Blackiston walks through step by step plans for the common hive styles, with beginner friendly carpentry and the "bee space" details that keep a colony healthy. Features Step by step plans for Langstroth, Warr, Kenya top bar, and eight frame garden hives Beginner friendly carpentry techniques Covers "bee space" so your builds work for the bees, not

It's made for the fall and spring feeding windows

You supply a wooden rim sized for a 10-frame Langstroth box (~20″ × 16″

For full-body coverage

many prefer the certainty of an excluder

1 gallon: weight 12 lb

and a different cork/band size

Wooden entrance reducers for 8- and 10-frame Langstroth hives

Sizes 6XS through 2XS are scaled for smaller hands

Deluxe Honey Harvesting Kit — the production-tier upgrade for larger operations

no uncapping

and the elastic top cinches against your sleeve to keep guard bees from finding a way in

25 x 1 x 20 in