The Crate Hive! I’ve been working on a few of these crate style hive boxes of various sizes. The construction seems simple but they have been quite a task with 52 pieces of wood in the square boxes and 60 pieces in the taller ones! These will be available in…
Preview for the Observation Log. There’s a few curves and angles in this one. It has a 3 litre volume and is a working prototype for some taller ones. Hopefully it will give the feel of looking inside a real tree hollow. One photo shows it without the top so…
Is bigger better? For my entertainment I whacked together a 50mm Cypress box. These boxes are just being used for future temperature testing. We might think that a bigger thicker box is going to provide better insulation but there’s always compromises and possibly no perfect design. For example, a box…
Can I make a native bee box from Camphor laurel? That questions comes up every now and then. Some say you can’t and some say you can, though I’m not sure if it’s just the usual third hand information spread on social media. It’s said that if bees come in…
Observation Towers – 3 and 7 litres These are ideal for Budding / Eductions for Tetragonula Carbonaria and Tetragonula Hockingsi. You will get to see colonies being created, that’s what Observation boxes are all about. Options for this box 3 litre, 33mm Hoop pine, painted white with Merbau clear coated…
Cypress Native Bee Box These boxes were custom made to match some previous boxes with some slight changes. The Cypress frames are rebated to add to the strength if you want to run over it with your car and all screws are hidden so you don’t see any screws or…
While this Log Cabin is a little more detailed than previous builds, it’s still the classic design and even has a little yellow native bee hive on the front bench, and there’s enough room beside it to sit with your coffee and watch the bees, but I have a feeling…
This idea came from Simone as part of the recent “Suggestions 2020” post. Simone posted this photo from Google that shows the Fairy Door on a big tree, I’ve interpreted it in to a Native Bee Observation Box. This will not be for sale but will become part of the…
Basic Observation Hive Box This is a very basic style of a tower observation box. It has one single internal space with a volume of 6.2 litres. You could easily make them different sizes, larger or smaller. Tips for getting it set up It’s up to you how you want…
Display Tower with Removable Frames Note: This is a new design and is still being tested so availability will be limited to “beta testing” boxes. Sarah from Bee Yourself – Brisbane Native Bee Business, was looking for an observation hive so she could show her customers the inner workings of…
Cypress Native Bee Box
Crate Hive
Outhouse V2 – OATH
South American Inspired
Roofs for OATHs
Rustic Splitting Box – went psychedelic
Rebated & Pegged Join
Budding – Hive Duplication Example
Syrphid Fly – Wasp Mimic
Isolating the Honey Super
Weak Hive – No Queen?
Splits 08/10/2017
Solitary Bees
Brood Temperature Monitoring
Association – Honey Standards Meeting
Brisbane Native Beekeepers Club
Native Bee Club – Steve Maginnity
Gregs Native Bees
BNBC Meeting – Hive Exhibition
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