This is the whole video in one big long upload - all five parts totalling over 1 hour and 15 minutes! My longest video to date and me trying something new by combining old ones to make a longer one.
It has the five parts - the base, the brood box, super and crown board, roof and hive stand! Plenty to go at and hopefully gives some quite clear instruction on how to do it.
For me it was fun to make and I just hope some people find it useful.
Only one more part to go - the hive stand! But I have also done a video where I talk about whether it's worth making your beehives from scratch or not.
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The second in my video series on making a National Beehive from scratch.
Making the brood box - this is where the queen lays her eggs and probably the most important part of the hive. It's essential to get it right!
The strengthening bars in this are what make it tricky to make from scratch, I know other hives lend themselves much more to being made at home. I needed a full workshop of tools to make these quickly.
It was still fun and rewarding though.
Give it a watch and let me know what you think.
Since I started my bee keeping journey I really wanted to make a beehive from scratch. I'd already made one a few years ago - A Warre hive - but I wanted to make a national hive as they're what the club use and what I've decided to start with.
Last week I managed to give myself the time to make a few hives up from scratch. It was good fun, but I have to admit that the National Hive is not an easy build. I learnt a bit through doing it though, and got to put my newly made router table through it's paces.
I've split the build into 5 videos (I think so far) with part one being the building of a standard open varroa mesh floor.
Part two will be out soon where I build a brood box, then super, then roof and crown board. I'll finish on building a folding hive stand for two hives.
Watch the video - I hope you enjoy!
