Hive Plans – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Mon, 31 Jan 2022 22:37:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hive Plans – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 How to Choose the Best Beehive Location https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:16:04 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702 As you plan for the arrival of your new bees, you have many exciting things to consider. Is your equipment ready? Do you have all the tools and protective clothing needed?  But one factor that is sometimes overlooked is hive placement. While any beehive can be moved to another location, the beekeeper and the bees will be […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/feed/ 11 The Best Beehives for Beginners https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/beehive-for-beginners-zbw1908ztil/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/beehive-for-beginners-zbw1908ztil/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:33:33 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4439 I can see in their face that they expect a finite answer. They want my blessing or a warning against a certain hive style, but they are destined for disappointment. As with so many questions in beekeeping, my answer is not a simple "yes" or "no". Read on for an exploration of this common query.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/beehive-for-beginners-zbw1908ztil/feed/ 11 An Indoor Beehive In My Bedroom Wall https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/an-indoor-beehive-zbwz1810zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/an-indoor-beehive-zbwz1810zsau/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:36:53 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4128 Once again, I find myself gloriously behind the times. In this particular case, a few thousand years behind the times. I built and maintain a wall beehive — a colony housed in the wall of my bedroom. I have been calling it my Observation Hive because it has a plexiglas cover on the inside wall, […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/an-indoor-beehive-zbwz1810zsau/feed/ 11 Why New Beekeepers Should Start With Two Hives https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/why-new-beekeepers-should-start-with-two-hives-zbwz1806zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/why-new-beekeepers-should-start-with-two-hives-zbwz1806zsau/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:51:03 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3989 It may sound counter-intuitive, or even irresponsible, to suggest that new beekeepers should plunge full-stop and buy two hives right off the bat. But it is in that inexperience where keeping two hives proves the most beneficial. By all means, if you can only afford one hive, then one is better than none, definitely. But […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/why-new-beekeepers-should-start-with-two-hives-zbwz1806zsau/feed/ 7 Lego Beehive https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/lego-beehive-zbwz1803zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/lego-beehive-zbwz1803zsau/#respond Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:56:46 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3901 Is this not the coolest ever?! LEGO Bee Hive. Designed to cover a standard 3 level OATH hive, top layer is the honey box mmmmm! This is a species of Australian Stingless Bee, Tetragonula. . . . Reposting @shane.artisan @lego #tetragonulacarbonaria #stinglessbees #sugarbag #sugarbagbees #tetragonula #habitatsculpture #honey #pollination #pollinating #pollinationstation #beehotel #beeart #bee #savethebees #🐝 […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/lego-beehive-zbwz1803zsau/feed/ 0 How to Build a Mason Bee Hotel https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-build-a-mason-bee-hotel-zbwz1802zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-build-a-mason-bee-hotel-zbwz1802zsau/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:23:54 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3818 Mason bees, also known as orchard bees, are docile pollinators that are easy to keep and provide a myriad of benefits for the pollinator community. In nature, mason bees build solitary nests with mud in hollow reeds, woodpecker holes, or other small openings. To keep mason bees, all you really have to do is provide […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-build-a-mason-bee-hotel-zbwz1802zsau/feed/ 9 Winter In A Top Bar Hive https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/winter-in-a-top-bar-hive/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/winter-in-a-top-bar-hive/#respond Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:53:47 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3651 We have decided what to do with the top bar hive for winter. We last examined it in mid-October to check out how much food it had. There are 14 or 15 full-size combs drawn out. The four in front had each had brood, but were mostly empty when we examined them. There was honey […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/winter-in-a-top-bar-hive/feed/ 0 How to Make Nucleus Honeybee Hives https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/3649-2/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/3649-2/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:47:30 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3649 Making nucleus hives or “nucs” is a good way to expand your apiary without spending a lot of money and without the worry of introducing Africanized genetics from packaged bees. (Now that Africanized bees inhabit our more southern states, this is a concern.) You also will be creating queens that are best acclimated to your […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/3649-2/feed/ 6 Keeping Bees in Skeps: My Continuing Journey in Straw https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/keeping-bees-in-skeps-my-continuing-journey-in-straw/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/keeping-bees-in-skeps-my-continuing-journey-in-straw/#comments Mon, 01 May 2017 22:44:24 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=3416 This is my first summer keeping bees in straw hives called "skeps." Come follow my journey!

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/keeping-bees-in-skeps-my-continuing-journey-in-straw/feed/ 31 Save Time Building Frames Using a Jig https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/save-time-building-frames-using-a-jig/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/save-time-building-frames-using-a-jig/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:42:00 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2314 Now is the perfect time to get a jump start on spring time preparations by building equipment like frames. Using a frame jig is an excellent way to build lots of frames and cut your work time down considerably. Here's how:

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