Beekeeping

[CloverKnollFarms]

Deployed my last hive box last night. We are at 16, and I think I'm good with that. Is like to keep at least 10 good producers, and 6 in the wings in case of losses.

I'm still building hives. Planning 15 for sale next spring. Those and a motorcycle restoration will be my winter projects.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Getting ready to put the bees to bed this coming week. The fall flow is starting to diminish. Also building hives for next springs orders. Out of the fields and back into the wood shop.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

How does that box separate the brood from the honey? Nice looking boxes. I am planning to start building mine vs buying them this winter.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

How does that box separate the brood from the honey? Nice looking boxes. I am planning to start building mine vs buying them this winter.

Bees naturally separate brood from honey. No need to do anything to force it.

I had a couple guys contemplating building their own. Then they looked the tools they needed, the time it requires, and decided paying me a paltry $300 in labor per hive was money ahead. Especially when factoring in build quality.