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two wooden boxes sitting on top of a table

Part 2 in the series of “do it yourself” beehive building. Learn how to build the bee hive boxes and see our process of making deep brood boxes and medium honey supers. Our 8 frame langstroth hives are built using only materials that can be found at big box hardware stores!.

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beehive plans for your backyard

Learn how to build your own beehive with our collection of 25 free DIY beehive plans! We have all the information you need to start your beekeeping journey, with clear and simple step-by-step instructions that will make building your own bee box a breeze. From Langstroth hive plans to top bar honey bee hives, these free bee box plans are perfect for those who are just starting out or those who are simply looking to add a new hive to their apiary. Whether you want to make a homemade beehive…

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the instructions for how to build a diy beehive

The beehive is the cornerstone of modern beekeeping, providing a safe place for honey bees to store gathered resources and raise their young.

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the parts of a wooden box

Langstroth beehives have standard measurements that vary depending on if it is an 8 frame or 10 frame hive. The 3 different box sizes are deep, medium, and shallow.

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an old drawing of a door frame with numbers and measurements on the front side, in black ink

Building My Observation Hive These hive plans are for an 8 frame observation beehive; 2-frames wide, with a pair of deep frames, and 3 pairs of mediums. Both sides open and a drawer at the bottom can remove what falls through the screened bottom. The feeder can be opened for cleaning when outdoors. Bees enter & exit through a 1” ID pipe fitting on the opposite side from the feeder, with clear tubing leading outdoors. The first difficulty I encountered was that lumber does not come in widths…

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two wooden boxes sitting on top of a workbench

There are a lot of pieces when building your own beehive. Learn how to make the covers, bottom board and “one off” components. This is part of a series on how to build a Langstroth Hive.

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