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I think that part of the warre way is the area of the box, so using taller lumber would have no effect. Also the height would not make a box incompatible with standard warre boxes. I'll convert my...

Coffee shops will frequently give you the perfect burlap. They buy the beans in burlap bags.

I don't use frames but it seems to me you could cut 1/4 plywood into 1/2 strips pretty easily with any hand saw then just glue them in to a frame shape. The frame would be really strong. Lowes sells...

I love concept but I worry that the stamped foundation is drone sized. I think I'm going to tire it but put the ladder on the edges where the bees would normally do the drone cells.

Actually its unlikely you will see cane or beet sugar (sucrose C12H24O12) in your sugar bowl. In this country the "sugar" we use is corn based (furcose C6H12O6). I've read that bees prefer the...

This forum is a god send. Thanks everyone.

BC is ASSUME. Had a client buy Kitsault so I got to briefly visit and it was just breath takingly beautiful. The problem you're going to have is the amount of rain and the depth of snow. A lot of...

I'm trying to use brown sugar. The bees don't seem to like it. Anyone have any luck or have any advise?

Dam! I though I had tried every different type of hive, but suddenly I feel the need to switch to Perone hives. My bees are eventually going to get tired of my indecision.

The population doesn't start to rise until there is some nectar flowing, so they won't need any extra room. They may have spend a bunch of effort getting the box sealed up and you wouldn't want to...

I'm lost. Do the ladders hang in the lower empty box?

Its amazing how many things I do to produce food are illegal. Can't drink rain water. Can't plant fruit trees. Can't raise rabbits for food. Can't raise chickens for any reason. Can't raise tilapia...

Dampening works with the gorilla glue, but you have to be careful. The gorilla glue expands and can push the joints apart if you use to much. Titebond Type II or Type III is what I use. They are both...

They're very handy to have around but you end up having to share your beer. They were very suspicious of the honey I gave them. Never seem the stuff before, but once they figured out what it was they...

I don't mess with them. They're on their own. but .... I've got a group of friendly old winos that sit on the porch across the street. They come get me when the bees swarm. Catching swarms makes up...

I love the idea of leaving them alone all summer. Plenty of time to get sealed up and ready for winter.

I'd love to see a picture. I modified my bottom entrance so that the boardman feeder opens internal but is still on the bottom. (https://www.box.com/s/ac8956ebc0130cedcade) but I still have to mess...

Its not legal here but dealing with boxes instead of frames really works. I open my bees twice a year and am giving away hives to all my fellow bee keepers that can't keep their hives alive. I think...

I'd be really careful about feeding in the winter. Opening the hive unseals everything the bees have sealed up. Also you run the risk of tricking the hive into thinking its spring. Did that to a hive...

I have never had a problem (and I do a lot of gluing). I think that acetone will chase your bees away. Cedar is really porous so you have to be careful to use enough glue. I normally apply glue to...

I keep thinking that the hives being higher up would solve a lot of problems. Keep the mice out, keep the hive beetles out. make is harder for the mites to crawl back in after they fall out. Ants,...

Seems like the moving down is the major topic of concern in the Warre world. Its weird that Mr. Warre didn't address the problem in his book

I wonder if there is a reluctance to move to the bottom. I have had good luck with the whole moving down thing when I add several boxes at once.

do the bees keep them out in the summer? or do they just have better places to live?

Its early morning and I'm a little foggy, so please excuse my slow wits. So ... If I understand correctly the bees eagerly move up to fill above with honey but refuse to move down to increase the...