Part four of my build a beehive video series. This time it's looking at building a really simple flat roof and giving the whole hive a paint job using a traditional linseed oil paint.
Only one more part to go - the hive stand! But I have also done a video where I talk about whether it's worth making your beehives from scratch or not.
Is that a piece of metal you are putting on top of the beehive? Somehow, that seems like it would raise the heat index inside the beehive due to the sun's rays on the metal, whether it is fall, winter, spring or summer. A bit chancy for the bees, it seems to me. But then I grew up in much hotter weather than you get in England. I like the color of the hive!
ReplyDeleteIn the UK that's the way most of the roofs are. The wet is far more a problem than the sun! Sometimes I wish it was the other way round.
DeleteExcellent work Kev, well done. Now, if you could show us all how to build a working humane rat trap that would be lovely...
ReplyDeleteHa! A mouse trap as well here I think! I seem to have loads in my shed and it's driving me crazy!
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