DIY Beehive Frames - Never buy beehive frames again

Building beehive frames is both tedious and challenging - but very rewarding. The basic process is to set up your saw, and then run your boards through over and over and over again. There are 3 pieces to cut - side bars, top bars, and bottom bars. The side bars are cut from two-by lumber and the top and bottom bars are from standard one-by boards.

Side bars - 0:00
Bottom Bars - 2:51
Top Bars - 3:49
Assembly - 5:36

For this project we used:
Table saw with dado stack
Miter Saw
Drill and Driver
Wood Glue
3/4" brad nails

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[Makermook]

That's pretty much exactly how I do it but I'm not nearly that fast.

[KM-rbon]

Greetings from Ireland, and thanks for taking the time to make a wonderful video

[uzunerfatih]

How many frames can you make in an hour?

[wildebtw]

I wonder if a router would be more efficient for removing the excess material from the frame ends.

[OutdoorsandCountryLiving]

Lot of work. Lol. Great job. I may give this a try. I make my own boxes but normally but I assembled frames. Looks fun. :) thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[Gloszz]

My problem is that I don't have any of these gadgets. Just a sawzall, circular saw, jigsaw and a nail gun. That is it!!

[thebeewrangler]

Thanks for takinģ time to do the video but is there any way to slow your video down as it is too fast for me to fully appreciate your workmanship. Great to see though thanks

[benca]

I do wood working and after watching this, I'll keep buying my frames as needed. I buy un assembled frames. Its easy and saves so much time

[garyshaffer]

I make all my own frames have been for 6 years running around 40 hives. One thing I do different is I don't cut that grove in the bottom or the top. You don't need it. Just cut the side bar's a little shorter . And the bottom bar put it on the inside of the side bars . I use 1 1/4 crown staples one down from the top bar each side and one in from the side bars on the bottom bar. For a total of 4 staples. And I glue every thing. Saves a lot of time and work. And am really cheap so I buy my wood from the Amish plane it down. But I get it for 45 cents a board foot. Never had a frame pull apart if u glue them.

[braniganblue]

Wow. Not exactly what I was expecting, but fun to watch none-the-less. Great job!

[saeedish]

Hi do you sell frames for deep bee boxes

[shrobzz]

Hey! amazing video!
I was wondering if it is profitable to run a business out of bee frame making ?

[mikeoxlong]

He now supplies stir sticks for coffee. U need a jointer. U made it look a lot harder then it really is.

[ngorsengchhay]

We don't need to buy frame again! all we need is the wood making equipment and it costs around 10k usd 😁 great work anyway.

[IWH]

NOW WHAT AN HOW DO YOU DO THE WAX COMB TO PUT IN THEM
BEEN HUNTING ALL OVER YOUTUBE TO FIND OUT HOW THATS DONE AN ONY FIND THIS ONE
UUUGGGHHH

[srikersgaming]

geez with the time and electricity required to do all this its just cheaper to buy them...

[rickmonarch]

This process is very slow for assembly. I have a process to assemble 10 in around 7 minutes.

[Snr.Prefect.]

K! That speed, you realy work like a bee 🚹!!

[USAnatureandpeople]

Looks like you spent over $10 grand worth of wood working equipment that amount would probably give me life time supply of frames minus my time making frames?

[deborahbrathwaite]

Would have been nice if u set out to teach us, other than a video that boasts that you can make them.