Build your own beekeeping equipment

Build your own beekeeping equipment

Tony Pisano

Book - 2013

With step-by-step instructions, a table saw, and a few other common tools and materials, you can build everything you need to house and protect your bees - from hive bodies to supers and covers. You'll even find a section on installing electric fencing and plans for building jigs that make assembling frames and installing foundations a snap.--COVER.

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Subjects
Bee culture.
Bees.
Bee culture > Equipment and supplies.
Published
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing ©2013.
Language
English
Main Author
Tony Pisano (-)
Physical Description
159 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781612120591
  • Before we begin
  • Starting at the bottom
  • Hive bodies and supers
  • Putting a lid on it
  • Building hive stands
  • It's all in the details
  • Let's do a little jig
  • Make a swarm-catching kit
  • Building 8-frame hives and nucs
  • Specialty hives.
Review by Library Journal Review

Riding on the coattails of interest in urban homesteading, beekeeping is becoming increasingly popular. Beekeeper and first-time author Pisano here offers detailed information about constructing a variety of hives and specialized equipment. Illustrations show measurements and exploded views of construction. In addition to hives, other beekeeping projects described include swarm catchers and feeders. Note that the author is writing for experienced beekeepers, not beginners. Terminology, tool use, and building techniques are not explained. VERDICT While the line drawings do a good job of detailing construction, there are few step-by-step instructions. Readers who already have beekeeping experience will be drawn to the various hive designs. For beginners, a better selection on bee housing and equipment is Blackiston's Building Beehives for Dummies. For a general introduction on beekeeping, Kim Flottum's The Backyard Beekeeper is a good option. Recommended where there is demand. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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