2. How do you make 10 frame bee hives from RECYCLED PALLETS?

In this episode, Paul makes 10 frame bee hives from recycled timber pallets.
There's not a lot to it really, Select some pallets, tear them apart, cut them to size then nail and glue them together to make a bee hive.
We hope you enjoy the video as much as we enjoy making them.
B,P & C

[robertshorthill]

You Aussie beekeepers are some of the greatest in the world. I wish I had met a few before I had to give up the little girls. Cheers, mate. Bob in Montana, USA

[robertshorthill]

Like you, I made my deep boxes myself. Lumber is always easy to procur if a dude ( bloke) keeps his eyes open. Plus, wanting the boxes to last 25+ years, I made a jig to cut box joint corners. On deeps, I would secure hand grip bars to the ends. On supers, I would cut grips on the table saw as you did. Thanks, my friend.

[stephensimpson]

What a great use for pallets. I think a planer/thicknesser would help but still, it shows what you can do with just a table saw. Great work mate. 👍🏼

[woodworkingaspirations]

Excellent. Getting ideas for my DIY bee hive.

[julianhiggs]

Excellent work. Very inspiring. Looking to expand my bee activities next year. This may be a possibility. Thanks for the video.

[fishmut]

Nice work mate, reclaiming timber and making your own boxes, the bees won’t care, how ever you save money and that’s a good thing, I like making my own as well from ply wood but if this is what you have and you can use it, that’s awesome. 👍

[kiaya]

Those boards you cant use for the hive bodies can be your handles on the outside of the box or they can be used in the construction of your tops. They can be used to make nucs. I use pallets for so many woodworking projects and nothing goes to waste if i can help it.

[DonaldRogersBaldEagle]

Nice job mate, I'm in my 3rd year and am hoping to expand my apiary. using pallets will keep my cost down. thanks for the fine work you are doing.

[thomasbacon]

The issue you'll run into is that the glue line running parallel with the grain will contain places where heartwood is glued to sap wood. Sapwood absorbs moisture much faster than heartwood and since the EMC will almost certainly always be below the fiber saturation point, the wood on either side of the glue joint will expand and contract at different rates. This will stress and tear the wood fibers the glue is bonded too so the joint will eventually fail right next to the glue line (most likely on the sapwood side). Best to stick with one piece. 👍

[gallowaylights]

00:13:52 box building video is smoking, nice demo of building from scratch!

[okeechobeejoe]

The only problem I see doing this, is when you take the nails out. It usually leaves a tiny piece of wire in the nail holes. Which makes it hard on the blades on the table saw, and planner, if you use a planner. These boxes look great though

[RobertSchmitt-ul]

I would use bamboo skewers or chopsticks and a waterproof glue like expanding polyurethane, or titebond. It allows gap in the dowel placment, and the lap joints and butt joints all will have adequate locked in strength with 3 or more dowels. It would be entirely wood too, no metal bits, which is cheaper and actually easier when you get a routine going. Matthias wandel is a woodworker, he does very good work and reccomends bamboo skewers for fastening most if not all wooden joint types.

[timefly]

i'd suggest next time to save you some time instead of cutting off 2 of the tongue-n-groove, pick out the pieces you want for your middle slot and only do the tongue-n-groove on it, with only a tongue on one, and only a groove on the other. i guess if you've got alot of time and access to that thickness of pallets in your area, and are looking to expand a bit, it could be worth the time. wish i could find that thickness of wood pallets around by me, most of them are thin half inch planks, sometimes 5/8", and very rarely are they 1x (3/4") like you found. i picked up some pallets that i intended to make into nuc boxes and, well.. it hasnt gone well. i'll probably end up seeing if i can turn them into swarm boxes instead.

[ericpetersen]

what is the final thickness of the wood after it is cleaned up? It would seem that pallet made boxes would be inherently different in dimensions than a purchased box or a box made out of a single piece of pine. This would seem to make it hard to mix boxes. If you made them the same outer dimension to make mixing work, it would seem to leave more room for bur comb. Perhaps the extra room is no more than the additional room in an 8 vs a 10, just not sure. Thoughts?

[bruceandhisbees]

Hi Apprentice Paul, I just found your channel and I really like it! I have also done videos showing using pallets to build beekeeping equipment on my channel. Keep up the good work Sir

[dogcollar]

Is there not a corresponding router bit to make a tongue?

[danielcollins]

Are they treated ?have u used them before and raised bees in them? I'm making my own similar but just worried if there is any poison in the wood

[giffordshoneyfarm]

What ??? You have Varoe in Australia ?

[dgdeckard]

Varroa Destructor mites do not pose a risk for infesting wax or hive boxes.
They do ride on honeybees they contact in the environment. Drones can share them from one hive to another, as they seem to have little loyalty from one colony to the next.
Varroa raise inside the capped cells with pupae, and they have an affinity for raising with drone brood, because they pupate 3-4 days longer than worker brood.

[That_Girl__]

Great content, I do wonder about any chemical treatment on the wood though? I've just become your newest subscriber! 😃