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• Beehive Removable Swarm Catching Frame

  This design allows easy capture of feral comb that can be placed in a conventional hive. Download free step-by-step directions.

• Beehive Screen Bottom Board

  Free plans to build a beehive screen bottom board.

• Miller Type Bee Feeder

  Detailed plans for a miller type bee feeder. Large amounts of feed can be given this way with no disturbance to the bees or beekeeper.

• Beehive Slatted Bottom Rack

  Plans for a beehive slatted bottom rack. Serves many great purposes.

• Double Screen Board Beehive

  Free plans for building a double screen board beehive.

• Beehive Solar Wax Melter

  This is a relatively cheap way to render wax. Nice detailed free plans.

• Beehive Dadant Type Frame

  Download these free directions for building a beehive with a dadant type frame

• Bee Vacuum

  Build your own bee vacuum with free plans. You'’ll have more salvaged comb, cleaner honey and a bunch more live bees.

• 5-Deep Brood Frame Hive

  Detailed plans with measurements to build a 5-deep brood frame beehive.

• 5-Frame Langstroth Nucleus Beehive

  This hive can be used in many ways. Free detailed plans.

• Observation Hive

  This observation hive has a number of features which make it a very desirable and adaptable design. Free plans to build your own.

• A Simple Hive stand

  At the May 2013 CBA meeting we exhibited a wooden hive stand in response to several requests for low-cost, non-cement block hivestand ideas.  Here is a simple stand that is sturdy, costs about $13 (as of June 2013), and works well with screened bottom boards.

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