Moving Hive
April 6th, 2011Several months ago I got given bees. They had a very quiet winter and in the past month grew far to big for their poly nuc and needed a new home.
As I am bee keeping on a budget, Olly and I built one. Luckily there is lots of scrap wood to hand here so it was easy to source materials. We converted a National brood box to hold Commercial frames, so the bees have loads of room, and added a crown board and mesh floor. I couldn’t find a plan to convert the box, so we just made that bit up. Next to be made are the supers and finishing off the roof.
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