Updated: 23/01/2021. Four years after this was made I dragged it out of storage and finally finished it. Photos at bottom of page.
I removed the internal frames and installed observation windows.
Updated Specs:
- Timber: Cypress
- Weight: 18 kg
- Internal Volume: 12 litres top section. 17 litres total
2017: Below – Laminating process, Making the walls from thin strips of Cypress…
Below – The basic box is together. One internal frame and brood support plates cut from clear Perspex…
Below – laying out the outside frames to replicate the phone box windows…
Below – outside frames all in place…
Below – I routed a 45 degree edge on the frames to add a bit of detail…
Below – putting the top section together…
Below – The top section is fixed on , door hinges on and a splash of paint…
Update 23/01/2021
Internal frames removed and observation window installed. Separate honey super area at the base. Entry hole at the top. The bottom honey super area will be blocked off for a year or so until the bees have built up the colony.