Build Your Own Beekeeping Equipment : How to Construct 8- and 10-Frame Hives; Top Bar, Nuc and Demo Hives; Feeders, Swarm Catchers and More by Tony Pisano (2013, Trade Paperback)
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Preface Chapter One: Before We Begin Safety First and Always The Tools Materials Special Techniques Planning Your Project Chapter Two: Starting at the Bottom Solid Bottom Board Screened Bottom Board Slatted Rack Chapter Three: Hive Bodies and Supers Hive Body with Butt Joints Hive Body with Rabbet Joints Medium and Shallow Supers Chapter Four: Putting a Lid on It Basic Inner Cover Insulated Inner Cover for Winter Screened Inner Cover Telescoping Outer Cover Chapter Five: Building Hive Stands A Very Basic Hive Stand Hive Stand with Landing Boards Doone's Double-Hive Stand Chapter Six: It's All in the Details Hive Spacer Entrance Reducer Paint Can Feeder Bucket Feeder with Screened Plug Insert Traditional Boardman-Style Entrance Feeder Escape Boards Chapter Seven: Let's Do a Little Jig Simple Bending Jig Frame Assembly Jig The Best-Ever Jig for Installing Foundation Chapter Eight: Make a Swarm-Catching Kit Simple Bucket Swarm Catcher Variation: Swiveling-Bucket Swarm Catcher Wire-Frame Swarm Catcher Chapter Nine: Building 8-Frame Hives and Nucs 8-Frame Deep Hive Body 8-Frame Solid Bottom Board 8-Frame Screened Bottom Board 8-Frame Slatted Rack 8-Frame Inner Cover 8-Frame Telescoping Outer Cover Nuc Hive Body 5-Frame Nuc Bottom Board Chapter Ten: Specialty Hives Top-Bar Hive Demonstration Hive Resources Index
SynopsisSave time and money by building your own beekeeping equipment. Learn to craft equipment that is tailored to your particular climate and setup. Full of insightful tips and covering a variety of hive types, Pisano includes all the basic infrastructure you need to keep your bees happy and active -- and your pantry full of honey., Save time and money by building your own beekeeping equipment. Learn to craft equipment that is tailored to your particular climate and setup. Full of insightful tips and covering a variety of hive types, Pisano includes all the basic infrastructure you need to keep your bees happy and active - and your pantry full of honey., Tony Pisano provides step-by-step illustrated instructions showing you how to build hive bodies, supers, covers, stands, frames, swarm catchers, feeders, and more using basic hand tools and easy-to-find materials.
My husband has no woodworking experience and inherited a few of my dad's old tools. He has built several of the projects and has done great!! His stand, feeder, and entryway are really well done. We got this book from the library and it was so good we bought it.