
Witch House Hive
Inspired by the photo below, this is built to house stingless bees, with a volume of 7 litres. 242 roof shingles, making a total of
Inspired by the photo below, this is built to house stingless bees, with a volume of 7 litres. 242 roof shingles, making a total of
Similar design to my original “basic log cabin“, I’ve spent a fair bit of time shaping the logs for a more natural log look and
Mitch from Central Highland Native Bees has done a bit of work with the “Externally piped honey super concept”, see his Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/centralhighlandnativebees
This is a one piece non splittable box with added honey super on top. This is not a new idea as others have made similar
The new box shop! I am now full time boxes so I thought i’d try separating the shop out and make it a stand alone
This box can house one single standard native bee box frame (OATH design) or a larger volume frame that can stay in place. Removable OATH
I CNC routed some boxes for a bit of fun… These flower designs are just prototypes. They are routed at different depths to see how
Multi-function hive stand that can hold two boxes. The stool is square with the same dimensions in any direction so the boxes can be placed
Adding some laser engraved signs to the hives. I think these add a little extra character to any hive box.
Observation Tower with extras This observation tower stays with the same style as previous 7 litre observation boxes though i have sectioned off a small
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
Observation Logs – 6.5 Litre and 3 litre There’s a few curves and angles in these ones. Hopefully they will give the feel of looking
Is bigger better? For my own entertainment I whacked together a 50mm Cypress box. These boxes are just being used for future temperature testing. We
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
Observation Towers – 3 and 7 litres These are ideal for Budding / Eductions for Tetragonula Carbonaria and Tetragonula Hockingsi. You will get to see
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
Prize winner for Expo 2023 – Judges choice and Peoples choice! While this Log Cabin is a little more detailed than previous builds, it’s still
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
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
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.
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