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 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 with really good insulation […]
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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 to contact with the wood, […]
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This article demonstrates a very simple design of a Stingless Bee Box – Pine OATH. Standard OATH dimensions are 280mm long by 200mm wide. This design is based on these OATH Construction Plans (OATH – Original Australian Trigona Hive) *Please note: This information is intended for people that already have a native bee colony and […]
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