How to make a native bee hive foam cover
*Disclaimer – Most areas don’t need a foam cover but if you like to experiment here’s some tips on how
*Disclaimer – Most areas don’t need a foam cover but if you like to experiment here’s some tips on how
Photo: Thin plywood bird house with a very strong stingless bee colony inside just south of Coffs Harbour Is there
A few native bee keepers are using this at the moment, I’ve heard some good things and some bad things.
Cypress is a very popular wood for making native bee boxes because it’s cheap and the boxes look good when
The rumour: “If you paint your wooden hive box it will be like covering the box in a plastic bag
Alex of Spicers Hollow Native Bees dropped in some Accoya offcuts. I plan to make a box with it and
All original concepts and designs by Steve – unique to nativebeehives.com Designs – All designs on this site are my original
There’s so many different designs of native bee boxes out there? When starting out you might notice a lot of
Can I make a native bee box from Camphor laurel? That questions comes up every now and then. Some say
If you keep looking you wont be able to see! Observation windows have become quite popular in the native bee
Wooden Pegs / Dowels for Native Bee Frame Construction Wooden pegs or dowels can be used to pin frames together
Start: October 2020 Wood Sample Test – Exposure to the elements I thought i’d throw a few samples of different
*2024 – The weather and conditions have been very poor for bees for a couple of years now which has
Should you start building your own boxes or just buy them? Many new hive owners contemplate that question and probably
A lot of box designs use the same outside measurements of 200mm x 280mm and then use different thicknesses of
There’s a lot of theories and personal opinion around Stingless Bee Box designs, here I give some thoughts on Splitting
Most of my hive boxes are the standard OATH design which makes it quite a simple task for matching up
This article is about moisture content and wood only, not humidity conditions for bee colonies. Woodworkers will want their timber
Gaps between frames can be a real problem with bee hives as they allow pests easier access. Once your frames
Landing pads / Front steps aren’t really necessary as bees can access and enter the hive without the need for
Native Stingless Bee Box – Original Australian Trigona Hive – OATH Updated: 26 July 2020 Note: Before you make a
Under continuous development – newer posts at the top, oldest at the bottom of the article (photo above) Update 2019
What kind of timber should you use for making Native Bee boxes? Most people will just be using what ever
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