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some pics
« on: July 16, 2016, 04:07:16 pm »
Thought I'd share some pics of the hives I'm building with local roughsawn cedar.





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Re: some pics
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2016, 04:35:21 pm »
Wowzers!
You're not actually going to put bees in those beauties are you? Too nice for that!
Why the screws in the center frame in the first pic, did you run out of nails? ??? ;D
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Re: some pics
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2016, 05:30:52 pm »
nice ones. I always wondered if the cedar would drive the bees out, but have found a couple of bee trees that were cedar so that answered that. When you do put your bees in them see if the SHB, wax moth and/or varroa counts are less than pine hives.
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Re: some pics
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2016, 08:12:53 pm »
The studies have been done on varroa and wax moth It makes no different. I don't know about SHB but I doubt as they do not feed on wood fiber. But are fed honey.
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Re: some pics
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2016, 08:15:40 pm »
Are these Warre hive supers\dimensions?
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Re: some pics
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2016, 09:12:40 pm »
Apis I was wondering about the aromatic cedar oils in the wood, like a cedar chest or closet to repel moths.
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Re: some pics
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2016, 09:53:11 pm »
If using cedar worked every body would be having their hives built out of it. I think the main problem is that in a chest it is closed and the fumes build up in the chest. In a hive the bees keep it to well ventilated for the fumes to build up.
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Re: some pics
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2016, 10:44:04 pm »
Perry,
You don't miss much -I did indeed run out of nails.

Apis,

The hive bodies are warre. The nuc I installed about a week ago and the bees seem fine with it. I read a paper some time back from Oregan regarding a study to determine if juniper as a hive wood would affect varroa mite counts. The results were promising but no where near a silver bullet. Eastern Red Cedar is a juniper, so I thought I'd give it a try. Getting started on deeps tomorrow. Here is the link:

http://juniper.oregonstate.edu/royce.htm
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Re: some pics
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2016, 12:05:52 am »
wow! very nice neill!
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« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2016, 10:18:32 am »
Beeautiful, I love the look of cedar.
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Re: some pics
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2017, 08:52:17 pm »
These are beautiful. How are they holding up?
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Re: some pics
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2017, 10:20:46 pm »
I have  a few in service right now and they are doing fine. Hope to use more as I make splits this spring.
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