Comments on: The Roof – Warre Hive Construction Guide

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:32:35 +0000

Hi Scott, the bees put a great deal of effort into maintaining the optimal nest temperature. The Warre is designed to be a more hands off style of hive, there usually are no top vents in a tree trunk either You should read “Beekeeping for All”, the link to the most recent translation is in the sidebar.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:37:29 +0000

I’m thinking about the hive being very hot in the summer, as there is no top vents on the hive.

By: tzkelley

tzkelley — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:54:13 +0000

I would suspect the inside dimensions of the roof would depend on the thickness of the wood used to make the boxes. How much allowance should I have between the outsides of the boxes and the insides of the roof? I’m thinking about 1/8″ all around would be sufficient?

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By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 09 May 2011 20:25:02 +0000

Hadn’t thought of doing an instructable, Sounds like a good winter project I used google sketch up to make the drawings.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 07 May 2011 18:25:35 +0000

Nick, Thanks for the great instructions. Have you thought about making an instructable of this? What program did you use to generate your drawings? I'm planning to try a couple of modifications and would like to provide drawings as well. Thanks in advance!

By: Gab

Gab — Fri, 06 May 2011 19:18:24 +0000

I think there must be some essential part that i am missing.

Warre’s book says “The quilt is 100 mm deep and not 50 mm, as with conventional ones. The underneath is covered by a cloth. But the top is open.”

But you close the top with the cover-board, while at the same time saying that this is the original design.

Very confusing.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:49:01 +0000

dont forget to use icing sugar in a spray can to subdue the bees instead of smoke. Its nicer to the bees ans if ya get hungry you also got something ta eat

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:07:05 +0000

Hi Kevin, thanks for pointing that out. It’s been fixed! As far as the top bars go, I plane down left over scrap to get the 1cm (3/8) but I bet you could find something at the lumber yard in the moulding section that would work. Lattice board or counter-top edging comes to mind but I’ve not checked the thickness of them.