Winter Beekeeping Activities Equipment and Supplies You Can
Winter Beekeeping Activities Equipment and Supplies You Can Build Yourself Dan O’Callaghan
Why Build/Make it Yourself? • Save $$$ • • Customize – “My Way” Experiment, what if… Recycle stuff Personal Satisfaction
What Can You Make/Build? • Just about Anything! • Woodenware – boxes, nucs, frames, covers • Jigs to help you make/assemble equipment • Specialized stuff- bee vac, wax melter, pollen traps, escape boards, queen rearing…. • Extraction/Bottling equipment • ? ? ?
Where to Find Ideas and Plans? • http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/ • http: //beehivejournal. blogspot. com/2009/01/build-ityourself. html • http: //wasatchwarre. wordpress. com/diy-beehiveplans/ • http: //garybees. cfans. umn. edu/plans • http: //cheapbeekeeping. wordpress. com/ • http: //www. honeyrunapiaries. com/beekeeping/plans/ • You. Tube, Google, Bing, Yahoo, Dogpile…
Jigs • Box Joint – Table Saw or Router Table Jig
Jigs • Box Joint – Router Jig
Jigs • Hand-Hold Jig (http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/handhold-jig/)
Jigs • Frame Assembly Jig (http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/10 -frame-assembly-jig/) NOTE: For Kelley slotted top bar frames, reduce length specified in plan by 3/8”
Jigs • Foundation wiring board (http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/foundation-form-board/)
Woodenware • Hive Boxes – Brood and Super (http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/10 -frame-langstroth-barry-birkey/)
Woodenware • Bottom Boards http: //garybees. cfans. umn. edu/plans/sta ndard-beekeeping-equipment-plans (http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/ipmscreened-bottom-board/)
Woodenware • Inner Covers http: //garybees. cfans. umn. edu/plans/sta ndard-beekeeping-equipment-plans http: //www. honeyrunapiaries. com/beekeeping/plans/
Woodenware • Frames LOTS of milling and shaping required. Unless you have lots of time and really like a challenge, more cost effective to buy frames from the bee supply vendors. http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/dadant-type-frames/
Woodenware • Nucleus Hives
Woodenware • Top Bar Hives http: //wasatchwarre. wordpress. com/diy-beehive-plans/
Woodenware • Observation Hives http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/3 -frame-observation-hive-2/
Beekeeping Tools • Solar Wax Melter http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/solar-wax-melter/
Beekeeping Tools • Bee Vac http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/bee-vac/
Beekeeping Tools • Extractor http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/4 -frame-honey-extractor-2/
Beekeeping Tools • Uncapping tank http: //www. beesource. com/build-it-yourself/honey-comb-uncapping-tank/
Beekeeping Tools • Bottling Bucket – Food-Grade Bucket/Lid - $3 – Honey gate - $8
Beekeeping Tools • Colony extraction frames • Warming Box
Beekeeping Tools • Honey House (…but that’s a topic for another day)
…and LOTS More! The End (really just the beginning!) Dan O’Callaghan
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