How To Make Hand Holds In Beehives

Making beehive handles on a table saw.

How to make hand holds in beehives. This hive is so unique because they use materials on hand to build it. I went to my beekeeping store. Way more information than you ever wanted on how to fell a tree. These can be made of 1 4 plywood or masonite.

Hogan s jig for cutting handholds in hive bodies supers align the 6 1 2 x 2 ramp wedge to the inside on the left and right tight to the back brace and nail. Diy honey supers and hive bodies. You need to cut a 3 4 inch rabbit into each side and a 5 8 rabbit into the top. To make rabbited joints cut your box sides to 19 1 8 inch the good part is that the sides need only be cut to length and width.

The comb where the bees build is removable one slab at a time and the hive is easy to move. Note that the saw is canted 10 degrees to the right making the handhold easy to grip. How i build a bee box handle using a router. He designed this jig for cutting commercial handholds into hive bodies and supers.

I m new to beekeeping. Its actually pretty simple to do. This is the easiest handle i can think of. January 17 2014 09 19 10 am here is the jig i made for setting the distance from the top of the box and limits travel to keep hand hold centered and the right length.

Those are all really great features to have in a beehive. Diy hand holds reply 15 on. This will leave an opening 8 wide. For multiple hives greater than 3 you should build a fancier jig.

The ends are a different story. Inspired by a comment from dee lusby on organicbeekeepers on yahoo groups a jig for cutting handles in bee boxes my other method for making hand holds is here. World s best tree felling tutorial. Nail the two 6 1 2 x 2 1 2 x 1 4 saw end stops to the ramps.

Has been a beekeeper for over 30 years.