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Beekeeping => Do-It-Yourself Plans and Prints => Topic started by: Mikey N.C. on November 06, 2015, 04:45:05 pm

Title: Bird Houses
Post by: Mikey N.C. on November 06, 2015, 04:45:05 pm

How many use left over ( hive ) material to make bird boxes ?

Title: Re: Bird Houses
Post by: apisbees on November 06, 2015, 05:05:29 pm

What, waste that good fire wood on birds?

Title: Re: Bird Houses
Post by: Mikey N.C. on November 06, 2015, 05:19:46 pm

Was thinking  that . some money could be made selling bird houses to all the big money people around here that live on the lakes  here , they seem to not have a problem spending $ $ on their boats or jet ski's at our shop

Title: Re: Bird Houses
Post by: iddee on November 06, 2015, 05:27:33 pm

I buy bird houses here from 3 to 5 dollars each. I wouldn't assemble them for that if the wood was given to me precut.

Title: Re: Bird Houses
Post by: Mikey N.C. on November 06, 2015, 05:44:55 pm

I was thinking 3 to 5 $ × 2,000 houses , with leftover wood while saws are always setup , would just have to bore different hole sizes

Title: Re: Bird Houses
Post by: lazy shooter on November 07, 2015, 12:25:52 am

My wife's retired friends, a couple, build bird houses out of old barn lumber and roof them with used barn iron.  They sell them for 25 to 50 bucks each.  They sell a lot of them at flea markets and such.  My birds eat from less expensive feeders. 

Title: Re: Bird Houses
Post by: Bakersdozen on November 07, 2015, 05:37:15 am

$5 is too cheep!  ;D  No seriously, it is too low.  Around here, people sometimes use old auto license plates  or corrugated metal for roofs.  They also make the little perches, at the opening, out of interesting little things like drawer pulls.  Then you have to paint the houses so that adds to the cost of your project.
I think it's a good use for scraps.  We want to see pictures of a finished project!