Comments on: Introduction – Warre Hive Construction Guide http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/ Smart, Simple & Sustainable Beekeeping Fri, 18 May 2012 04:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Julie http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-15422 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:16:24 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-15422 My husband and I are researching natural beekeeping. We live in the Arizona desert with summer temps. exceeding 113 degrees F. Can we use a top bar hive?
I read that Warre hives don’t need to be tended but once a year. Can you tell me why that is the case? We want to be more involved with our bees. Our bee club has told us that all feral bees in our state are Africanized bees and we need to requeen every year with a fertile queen. That would rule out getting a swarm or really doing things naturally if we have to buy bees and our queen. What do you think?

How many hives do you have? How long have you been keeping bees? How long have you used Warre hives?

We have really enjoyed reading your blog. Thank you in advance for your input and help.

Julie in AZ

]]> By: Nick http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-14885 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:42:17 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-14885 Hi Stanley, the math all sounds right to me. .25″ is pretty much the absolute minimum bee space so you should be good to go in my opinion.

]]> By: Stanley Gibson http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-14865 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:22:17 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-14865 I am planning to build a Warre hive and wanted to make a few changes to better utilize standard lumber and reduce waste. Warre stressed the volume of the hive was important. His recommended size of 300mmx 300mm x 210mm is 18,900,000 cm = .668 cubic feet
I plan to use a standard 1” x 10” x 8’ which is 0.75” x 9.25” x 8’. Cutting the hive body sides all 12” I will get 8 hive body sides from each 8’ piece (less the kerf). That gives me internal dimensions of 10.5”x 12” x 9.25” = 1165 cubic in or 0.674 cubic feet. What do you think?
The rebates will be in the 12” side not the 10.5” side and the hive body will have (9) 1″ topbars w/ (10) spaces of .30″. Is 1.3” between each comb ok and is 0.3” between each topbar (and the wall) ok?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Stanley in Alabama

]]> By: Building ‘The Peoples Hive’ (Warre Hive) « The Road to Raelands http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-11854 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:29:36 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-11854 [...] course based on the Warre system. This then lead to the building of two hives. I found the Warre construction guide at the beespace invaluable to the building of my hives and generously provided for [...]

]]> By: Solar Cooking Is HOT http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-7745 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:10:51 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-7745 Nick,
Any advice for transferring a Langstroth nuc into the Warre’?

]]> By: Introduction – A Warré Hive Construction Guide | Johnny's Garden Blog http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-4853 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:35:49 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-4853 [...] A Warré Hive Construction Guide [...]

]]> By: Karen http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-2966 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:17:41 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-2966 Hi Nick,
We have a hive that built combs without bars…they showed up on our property and we were able to capture a swarmed hive and place them in a box. I went on a trip (month) came back and they had built an overflowing box of honey and comb. We are new beekeepers and placed a new box below it in an effort to move the hive down. Are there any tips you can give me as to how to extract the pure combs?
Thanks!

]]> By: Doug http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-2953 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:17:59 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-2953 I have spent the summer with 3 Warre hives and 3 Langstroth hives. I have lost 4 frames of brood and 2 frames of honey in the Warre hives, due to the flimsy nature of top bars only. I have ripped comb due to ladder comb. Plus, the bees just start building in another direction. I personally don’t like the Warre hive design. I think the 8 frame medium Langstroths are the best hive made. Light when full and full frames to secure the comb are all you need. Warre doesn’t provide that.
I built full frames for one of my Warre hives. It has no problems like the top bar only hives. The thing is, it is quite an undertaking to build full frames. The tools and shop experiance alone leaves out many people. Not to mention the time involved. Plus, some of the cuts are on small parts and quite risky for a novice.
I just lifted a box off one of my Warres and two frames of brood fell out the bottom in the dirt. I am quite pissed right now and I don’t think my opinion will change soon….ever. I will let them over winter in the Warres but next spring they are going into Langs. Think I can sell 3 used Warre hives? Full frames in one, Partial frames in the other two and fresh, clean comb already drawn out. The comb that ain’t broken that is.

]]> By: I suck at hiving bees – Part 1 « ecolandlord’s blog http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-2575 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:22:53 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-2575 [...] Saturday, but I did finish. I realized as I finished them that the design I was following found at this website didn’t have bee space between the top bars and the screen/cloth laid on top. I don’t [...]

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