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Swarm Traps Made

(Update 2/15/2013 – Over the last year – the number one search term linked to my site has been “swarm trap plans”. Thusly – I’d like to link over to Rob’s set of downloadable plans for hive products. (Sorry – Rob’s site is no longer accessible) Old Link here: http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/beekeeping/downloads/ )

( and now back […]

Finished building – Last for 2011

Finished building

Here’s the final parting shot of the last build for 2011. See ya next year! Now, it’s time to work on my bee hives!

Build in Arlington – Day 1

Tired. More got done today than is in today’s pictures. Will post more tomorrow.

Where the building goes

Skids & Floor Trusses

Side Walls & My Helper

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Wood cut & ready

12/26 – I’d say that I have about 80% of the wood cut, and ready to build. Early morning and long day tomorrow for the shed to go into place. It’s right at a 50-55 mile trip each way – so I need to get as much done on day one as possible. That’s why […]

Year end work

11×11 Storage Building – Xmas Eve!

I’ll close out the year with a final storage building build in Arlington, Texas.

The build will be documented here. The first pic is of most of the materials loaded up and ready to take to the home office. As much as I hate handling all this […]

The Bee Yard – Equipment Growth

Deeps, Mediums, and more….

This fall, I made the investment in a few more hive bodies for the growth of the honeybees.

Added to the hardware:

(5) – 10-Frame “Deep” hive bodies (15) – 10-Frame “Medium” hive bodies (100) – “Medium” frames

and I still need to procure about (100) “Deep” frames, and another (50) […]

Storage Building

Almost completed storage building.

Almost completed storage building – Garland, Tx.

In Garland. 10×16, with full 8′ side-walls. This building is almost complete in the photo. Still needs paint (homeowner doing that) as well as the door latch, and several odds & ends to finish up.

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