2012 - Volume #36, Issue #1, Page #35
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He Builds Cheaper Bee Hives
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Instead of frames, two sides of the super are grooved at regular intervals. There are also a series of wooden supports at the top and bottom of the super that lock in the foundation. Prahovic drops the beeswax foundations – on which bees make their honeycombs – into the grooves until the foundations rest on the bottom supports. Then he places corresponding top supports and nails them in.
“The foundations are locked solidly in place, or hard-mounted, and can’t move. Even if you turn the hive upside down the foundations can’t fall out,” says Prahovic. Each hive is 2 in. shorter than a standard hive and also 1/2 in. less in height. The shortened hives can be used with standard hive covers, bottom boards or honey supers with frames.
“Having shorter hives means you can fit more hives on a truck, which lowers your transportation costs,” says Prahovic.
“I can build a medium super for $22. That includes $12 for the wood and $10 for the foundation and nails,” he notes.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Robert Prahovic, 169 Chestnut St., Branford, Conn. 06405 (ph 203 483-1572).
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