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I transferred a split into an observation hive three weeks ago. It is 5 frames wide, two frames deep at the moment. The colony they were split from was chosen because it showed the most varroa on the bottom board coming out of winter, and I figured they'd get the most benefit out of a brood...

I am building a tiny house and planning to put an observation hive right next to my desk, which is where I keep my speakers. On occasion I like to listen to music very loud... once every few weeks and never longer than 30 minutes. I also listen to music at a low to moderate level fairly...

Hey all, I’m a first time beek with a 3x3 OH. I bought a 3# package of bees last spring that came in a plastic Bee-bus container. The beek that sold them suggested I put the queen cage on the middle frame so I didn’t have to look at it and said I wouldn’t need to open the hive till about Aug. to...

I am new to beekeeping, I have wanted to start a colony for years. I am curious if I can have a full, healthy colony of only a single frame? or is this too small, if so what is the smallest colony I could have? I am limited in the space I can use and want to be able to see everything so the...

Cypress Observation Hive Vero Beach, FL Asking $400.00 This is a 4 frame, single width observation hive for DEEP frames. Hand crafted with quality Cypress Lumber, sanded and coated with seven coats of gloss polyurethane. The plans that were used to build it come from bonterra bees plans, and...

The new Observation Bee Hive is finally off of the drawing board and populated with bees! In this video I go over the process of making the hive and at the end show some of the Peeping Tom video and images taken of them in action. https://youtu.be/q_FiCx8mEmg

I have an Ulster observation hive from Brushy Mountain: http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/Medium-Ulster-Observation-Hive/productinfo/MU501/ My wife asked me to bring some bees to her work for pollinator awareness. It shouldn't stress a nuc too badly if I moved them into the observation...

Hello, My observation hive was started this spring with 1/2 pound of bees and a Carni queen. I started them off with a frame of honey and pollen, but left the other three frames of this four frame OH empty for their expansion. At first I placed them up high in the hive, they didn't do much...

The past week I had some time and put together a totally transparent acrylic (plexiglass) observation hive that holds a single deep frame. I've wanted an obs hive for a while now to bring to my kids' classes and now I have maybe the coolest one on the block (ok, probably the only one on the...

Hi This is a first time posting so please be kind. I heard a strange noise coming from my observation hive this morning. http://youtu.be/ajr-lOzdyQY I have had the hive setup inside for about 2 weeks and right on time the first queen emerged this morning. I have heard of piping before but...

Does entrance route and feeder location matter? Sorry for so many questions in one post but they are all related. To feed my observation hive, I will build a little box on one side with a place to put an upside down jar of sugar water, and a place to put some pollen. Now I was wondering about my...

I read the waggle dance is to communicate the direction and distance to food. So my question is... If you swing an observation hive or rotate it, changing its orientation to the earth and sun (north south east west), would that cause bees doing waggle dance to send the other bees in the wrong...

I started bee keeping last spring and would like to start an observation hive (OH) this year. I enjoy wood working so I am going to build it myself. The attached preliminary plans are for a 7 medium frame, single deep OH. Thanks to the Honey Run Apiaries site which has plans that were used as...

I've got varroa in the observation hive. I know this because they have dropped through the screened bottom board and I've seen two bees with mites attached. This hive is in my house. How do I treat without fumigating the whole family? The colony is 8 medium frames, 6 of which are brood and two...

I built a ventilated Honey jar super to see how it would do. This appealed to me for several reasons, fresh honey right in the jar, easily topped off and sealed, the observation aspect of watching the bees construct comb and make the honey, and I also think that the jars are a unique bit of Bee...

This observation hive was seeded from a package. I am not sure whats going on with it, but I have watched it intently for the last 3 weeks. I know there are workers laying eggs. Finally caught one on film. They can and DO stick themselves all the way down in the cell to reach the bottom...

My observation hive cast a primary swarm on 5/2. I caught and re-homed that one. Now there are about 8 or 9 capped queen cells that I can see. It took 12 days from capping but the first virgin queen emerged and they cast an after swarm (I think). I caught it and put it in a box but every bee...

I have a touristfarm in Estonia. Mainly focus is on alpacas and other "wooly" animals. But since I have been growing up with my parents having bees (in Norway) I would like to have a few hives myself. But I very much would like to have some kind of observation hive so our visitors also can see...

Have any of you guys built one of the rotating style observation hives (such as the DraperBee style)? I am contemplating building one. Any tips? I'm mostly trying to figure out the best way to negotiate the swiveling base with some type of disconnect setup. Do you use some type of lazy susan...