Some pics from Beaches' Bee-Haven Apiary

[Beaches' Bee-Haven Apiary]

Here are some pictures of my Apiary. Started last year with one hive, Beaches' Bee-Haven has grown to 7 colonies in all.

The Apiary, Station 1:
http://img103.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/06/05/dcp3703-46ppsxcby.jpg

The Apiary, Station 2:
http://img103.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/06/05/dcp3705-f2kkw4u9.jpg

Glad I was able to figure out how to post pics. Thanks Administration!:D

-Nathanael:cool:

[Beaches' Bee-Haven Apiary]

Here are some more pictures of my set up.

The Honey House, a work in progress:
http://img101.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/06/07/dcp3707-46qljsd5z.jpg

Last fall's crop from one medium super. We could have extracted a deep, but we're new and we didn't know how much we should have left on for the winter:
http://img106.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/06/07/dcp3214-46qllr0w7.jpg

-Nathanael:cool:

[Honeytree]

hungry just looking at that crop !!

[bluegrass]

how do you like those beemax hives?

[Beaches' Bee-Haven Apiary]

how do you like those beemax hives?

I've been very impressed with them. They are surprisingly durable and very lite. The ventilation and insulation is wonderful! One thing that I don't like about them are their think walls. It's hard to avoid killing a few bees when I close up the hive, but that's what gives them great insulation. I haven't kept bees in wooden ware yet, so I can't really compare them to traditional hives. But over all I like 'em.:)

-Nathanael:cool:

[betrbekepn]

One thing that I don't like about them are their think walls. It's hard to avoid killing a few bees when I close up the hive, but that's what gives them great insulation.




The trick to not squishing bees when stacking boxes is to slide the boxes together instead of just sitting a box on top. Maybe you allready knew that :o. Smoker helps also. Did you paint your boxes?

[Beaches' Bee-Haven Apiary]

The trick to not squishing bees when stacking boxes is to slide the boxes together instead of just sitting a box on top. Maybe you allready knew that :o. Smoker helps also. Did you paint your boxes?

Yes, I found that to help a little. But then there are those bees that crawl out at the last minute and get run over as I push the super along. I should probably bring the smoker out with me to shoo the bees away from the edges. It's been a while since I've lit the smoker now that I just spray 'em down with sugar water.

Oh yes, I painted my boxes with exterior latex. Only problem was that I didn't let them dry long enough, so now they stick a little. But I'm not the only one... http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206085&highlight=exterior+latex+paint

-Nathanael:cool:

[Limey]

Here are some pictures of my
The Apiary, Station 1:
http://img103.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/06/05/dcp3703-46ppsxcby.jpg


I don't think much of your bear fence :D