Minus entrances, bars, and cover.
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Looks like your off to a great start! Does it have a solid, open, or screened bottom.? :)
Nice Job! :devilbanana:
Hive has a solid bottom. The directions I followed had a screened bottom. 8-)
It looks really good and the 1/2" material probably makes it pretty light too. How did you put it together? Nails? Glue? Screws?
I've been building hive bodies for the last couple of weekends, and I keep having this picture go through my head of a hive full of bees falling apart in my hands if I don't do a good job.
Woodscrews(sheetrocking type) and Gorilla glue. I use that on all my hive bodies, frames, covers. It's awesome stuff.
Gee Gary,
That's an awful nice piece ya got there! If you get tired of it you can ship it to me to get rid of it! Nice Job!!
Thanks everybody! Last week when the temperatures hit -27 it made a nice little indoor project. All scrap material from this project.
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Tried to post a different pic...one more try , then I'm out. Sorry!
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Finished and ready for bees. 23 top bars.
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Very nice Gary!!
It will be bee time before you know it.