Perone Hive Plans Anyone?

**Michael Bush** · 02-27-2013, 09:20 AM

>We'll be able to run an experiment for the next couple of years to see what the differences are.

Just keep in mind, when you set up two or three hives and treat them identically, they do differently. The differences from one colony to the next will make a bigger difference than from one piece of equipment to the next...

**Solarbeez** · 05-24-2013, 09:11 PM

When my Warre was threatening to swarm, I knew I didn't want any more hives so I asked around to see if anyone wanted it. Being a prime swarm, I wanted to make sure the person appreciated it. Vernon said he wanted a swarm and he had built a Perone. That's great...here's a new beekeeper who has built his own hive "for the bees, not the beekeeper." We gave him our bucket of bees and he gave us his detailed pictures of his newly built Perone. They can be seen here...
http://solarbeez.com/2013/05/23/vernons-perone-hive/
For a person who only recently learned how to take photos, transfer them to the computer, and email them, I'm appreciating what he has done as much as he's appreciating the swarm I gave him.

**cerezha** · 05-25-2013, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by Solarbeez

... Vernon said he wanted a swarm and he had built a Perone. ...

Nice pictures, many thanks for sharing. Excuse my ignorance but what is the distance center-to-center between brood bars? I understood that 9 mm space is important. Please, keep us posted - I am really interested to see how it will go. And pictures!

**Vernon Strength** · 05-25-2013, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by cerezha

Nice pictures, many thanks for sharing. Excuse my ignorance but what is the distance center-to-center between brood bars? I understood that 9 mm space is important. Please, keep us posted - I am really interested to see how it will go. And pictures!

The bars are 24 mm and the space between them is 9 mm, so the center-to-center measurement is 33 mm.