The Roof – Warre Hive Construction Guide
In this section of the Warre Hive Construction Guide we will build the hive roof. It forms the covering for the whole beehive. The Warre hive roof is fairly easy to build with regular woodworking...
View ArticleCut Comb Honey Harvest
Last September I harvested some honeycomb from one of my Warre hives. In Spring of 2008 I had hived a huge swarm, and over the summer they built up a big hive with lots of good looking honey comb. I...
View ArticlePaint and Finish – Warre Hive Construction Guide
In this section of the Warre Hive Construction Guide we will paint and finish the Warre beehive. Adding paint or finish to your beehive protects it from the rain and weather. Finishing a Warre hive is...
View ArticleInstallation – Warre Hive Construction Guide
In this section of the Warre Hive Construction Guide we will install the completed Warre hive. Once installed, your beehive will be ready for a new package or swarm of bees. Let’s begin! To install a...
View ArticleHow to Build a Beehive for Free
You can build a Warre Hive for free! Don’t you just love it when you get great ideas? I know I do. This idea is a really good one too… We all want stuff for free. So what if you could build a bee hive...
View ArticleHow to Keep Baby Bees Out of Your Honey Without Even Trying
Not much is worse than checking on a beehive…and seeing a lot of baby bee cells in with your honey. You can’t get the honey out without killing the baby bees. And you can’t get the baby bees out...
View ArticleWarre Hive Spring and Summer Feeder – How to Feed Your Honeybees Without...
In one of my recent posts I talked about feeding your bees in the early spring. Well, my method works fine if the weather is warm enough for your bees to be flying around outside the hive. But, how can...
View ArticleHow to Become a Natural Beekeeping Jedi Faster than You Can Say “Warp Speed”
Bee me up, Scotty! Do you want a crash course in Natural Beekeeping? No, it won’t hurt a bit. (Unlike the bee sting I got last week.) The best way to learn about natural beekeeping is… (insert...
View ArticleDealing With Varroa Mites In Warre Beehives
Marika left this comment on “Thoughts On Varroa Mites” Hi Nick, 1 question I have re: dealing with varroa mites- with Langs you have a sticky board so you can check on mites – I am wondering how you...
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