COLONIAL BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
Beehive Plans
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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.
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Free plans to build a beehive screen bottom board.
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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.
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Plans for a beehive slatted bottom rack. Serves many great purposes.
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Free plans for building a double screen board beehive.
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This is a relatively cheap way to render wax. Nice detailed free plans.
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Download these free directions for building a beehive with a dadant type frame
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Build your own bee vacuum with free plans. You'’ll have more salvaged comb, cleaner honey and a bunch more live bees.
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Detailed plans with measurements to build a 5-deep brood frame beehive.
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5-Frame Langstroth Nucleus Beehive
This hive can be used in many ways. Free detailed plans.
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This observation hive has a number of features which make it a very desirable and adaptable design. Free plans to build your own.
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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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