Thinking of making up some half brood boxes that will hold 5 frames and when two are sat together have the same foot print as a standard modified national.
The idea is get some ply boards cut into 23cm strips, I know that is 0.5 cm deeper than standard but then the side, floor and roof can all use the same strips of wood and I just have to cut then to the desired length. They will have top and bottom bee space, although if they are on top of each other the bee space is still out but I'm not to fussed about that. What's half a cm amongst friends anyway
I intend putting side entrances in with disc covers and making the floors and roofs in the style of the American transport roofs that seem popular over there. So roofs and floors are interchangeable. I would then like to put a hole in these floor/roofs that I can add a plastic bung in so they can have contact feeders added for feed.
I'll intend to use 9mm ply and strips of wood on the inside to sit frames on.
I won't be over wintering in them but using them to mate queens in whilst on queen rite hives (over solid crown boards), drawing frames and building up nucs ( whilst over qe)
I'm looking for a simple design and manufacturing process.
So can any one see flaws in the idea or any ways to improve upon it?
The idea is get some ply boards cut into 23cm strips, I know that is 0.5 cm deeper than standard but then the side, floor and roof can all use the same strips of wood and I just have to cut then to the desired length. They will have top and bottom bee space, although if they are on top of each other the bee space is still out but I'm not to fussed about that. What's half a cm amongst friends anyway
I intend putting side entrances in with disc covers and making the floors and roofs in the style of the American transport roofs that seem popular over there. So roofs and floors are interchangeable. I would then like to put a hole in these floor/roofs that I can add a plastic bung in so they can have contact feeders added for feed.
I'll intend to use 9mm ply and strips of wood on the inside to sit frames on.
I won't be over wintering in them but using them to mate queens in whilst on queen rite hives (over solid crown boards), drawing frames and building up nucs ( whilst over qe)
I'm looking for a simple design and manufacturing process.
So can any one see flaws in the idea or any ways to improve upon it?
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