Cheapest Pallet Wood Beehives

Make five-frame beehives for very little money.

[wilmafeuerstein]

Another great and easy way to make a nuc. You inspired me so much. Tomorrow I will do some Bruce's nucs. Thank for sharing your knowledge.

[cncjimbob]

Bruce, great job repurposing used pallets that would have otherwise been shredded for mulch. You are correct that as long as the inside spacing is correct the bees do not care what the box is made from. I feel that the bee industry is too commercialized with a lot of companies making money off of small town guys just trying to do their part to support the bee population.

[mohamedamhilbelkacem]

Thanks Bruce ! Seems nothing is wasted everything is transformed !

[dcsblessedbees]

Hi Bruce, I like your pallet wood beehives, shows good stewardship. I love the little cartoon affect.🤓 Bees will glue up any of the drafts they want to inside anyway, not worries about cracks or holes. Ty for sharing your time Bruce, Blessed Days...

[Bouncin-Thoughts]

High Quality Content!

God bless your work, it is priceless in practicality !

Thank you i

[springwoodcottage]

Fabulous! I have been attempting over engineering, making boards all the same thickness & jointing the edges, checking with a metal detector for metal fasteners, but your success tells me I can avoid a lot of this work. I used to use a pry bar for disassembly like you do, but following various YouTube video I now use a reciprocating saw with a metal cutting blade to cut through the nails & then punch them out & this has increased the yield of good boards & reduced splits. For preservative I have good success with raw linseed oil, but that is in the uk with 30 + inches of rain per year & so may not be good for your climate. Thank you so much for sharing this super useful information & experience.

[viklund]

Small visit from Sweden to see what you do online :) A small tip could be that you make a jig that keeps the 2 card sides still on the table while you assemble the first side with boards. otherwise, it was a very good idea to use pallets, which are free and often available in abundance, and the spillage can also be burned in the winter. Hade :)

[unclebobsbees]

For ecowood application I use a disposable (plastic) concrete pan. Dip and rotate, do a deep box in 60 seconds.

[houstonsheltonbees]

Nice job on this. That's how I do most of my equipment. If someone tries they really can save money. The Bee's won't mind at all. Good health and God bless 👍

[JosephSastreShowsYou]

I have the same router table. What about running the boards through to give them each a clean edge -like with a joiner- and then glue and clamp them together to make wide boards? You would still be left with one side that is flush which you could face inward. This way you could use the pallet wood for all four sides. The three larger pieces of the pallet can be re-sawn to make frames.

[vandubay]

Great video Bruce! That's a good way to save some money! I've been trying to find a source of decent pallets close to me so I can use them to make medium supers.

[ohoiboi]

Thanks for taking the time to make the videos Bruce. Quick question if you happen to know the answer. Can you use bee wax and apply it on the wood to preserve it and or inside as a bait with a little lemon oil to catch swarms in the nuc boxes? Thanks hope your channel grows

[dwren]

Always enjoy your DIY and in middle Florida! Just removed my first water meter swarm using a bucket head vac that I saw you explain…worked great, thanks. Im in the central part of Fla and if I ever get toward the east coast I’d like to stop in and say hi.

[beefriendlychannel]

Pro tip: put a wad of propolis in the screw pilot hole.
The friction will heat it up, and lock that screw in place when it cools.

[MusicMountainBeeWorX]

I really enjoy your videos. What are the dimensions of the lumber that you're using to build these nucs? Length of sideboards?

[pijoe]

Good cost effective way to knock out a few NUCs. My only concern especially for newbies and non tradesmen is the Severe Weather ground contact pressure treated 2x8 lumber. with the Copper, Chromium and Arsenic and other pesticides. I'll opt for the non pressure treated due to not wanting sick bees and industrial contaminants in the wax and honey. I'm not knocking the video since you did a great breakdown and tutorial, but would go with something a wee bit healthier.

[eliinthewolverinestate]

I use my old scaffolding boards to build Lazutin hives.

[issentsov]

Bruce, do you mind if I translate some of your videos and use on my channel? I provide the videos with the links to the original ones and to your channel as I do with Bob Binnie's, Ian Steppler's and other beekeepers' channels.

[scotthenderson]

A lot of work but worth it. Do you find the difference in thickess causes rain to try and get in the sides or do you put the thick sections at the top

[redwood]

Whats the nuc box for? Its not a long term hime? I love reusing pallets. Thanks