How To Build A Beehive: Screen Bottom Board
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- A walk through on how to build my version of a screen bottom board. These dimensions fit a 10 frame hive.
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Artist: Shake That Little Foot
Materials list:
2x4x8'
1x6x8'
1/8" hardware cloth
Corrigated sign board
I'm new to beekeeping and have been building all my own hive equipment. A picture is worth a 1000 words, and I love this video. Every time I have to build a new bottom board, I watch your video to remind myself how to do it. Your visual explanations are so clear and the captions clarify the technical parts. Really well done, thank you for taking the time to share your approach and design. You have a gift for storytelling!
Thank you for the kind words. I like being able to pass down a little of my knowledge if I can. There was alot of knowledge passed down to my dad and me when we got started. If I can help someone else out, the spirit of the bee community continues.
In Missouri where the summers are hot and humid, a screened bottom board works for me so I can slide open the slider to let a little more air flow thru, so my bees don't have to beard on the front of the Hive. In winter simply put insulation (solid board or fiberglass) on the slider and close. Must keep it closed so mice don't get in. However if they do, they still can not get into the Hive if you use hardware cloth. In January, I can easily open the slider and use my oxalic acid iron to smoke the hive.
in the fall you can slide a piece of foam insulation under the screen for winter protection. good job on keeping the price down.
Does it matter what type of hardware cloth you use? I am looking to make a couple bottom boards for my new hives. Great video by the way!
Thank you! Yeah, 1/8th inch hardware cloth is what I'm using. Just small enough the bees cant get through it.
I like this I'm going to make this, I'm just bought some two-by-fours, just for the hell of it the other day and I had some ideas for them but this is good, I need a new bottom board the one when I made a year ago is not so good and I don't like the way it it's on the front, and this one that you made is for the back, and I like that! anyway thanks a lot and God bless!
Good music too.
I'm brand new to beekeeping, I have no bees yet as I'm still building a hive. As I understand it, some hives have a solid bottom, and others have screen on the bottom. Is there a reason to go screen or no-screen?
Screen bottoms help with ventilation and reducing verroa mite numbers. But they wont reduce the mite load low enough that it will eliminate having to treat your bees. (You will still need some type of verroa treatment) Solid bottoms dont require keeping winter boards on hand (the board you slide in the slots). They make ventilation in the summer a little more challenging and your mite load will statistically be a little higher. But if you use an oxalic acid vaporizer its quick and easy with solids. Screen bottoms you have to put your winter cover in before OA treatments. There are pluses and minuses to both, you just have to weigh your options and go with what fits your style. I hope I didnt make that confusing. Lol
I keep bees in northern Michigan. Some of the beekeepers here have frowned on the idea of using screened bottom boards due to our cold winters among other things. I was thinking why could I make the groove for the mite board big enough to accommodate a piece of 3/4" plywood? I could place the plywood in the groove for the winter, thus replicating a solid bottom board......thoughts?
Good idea on the 3/4. I made this video a couple years back because that's all I ever heard about here in KY. But after some research and changing my bee keeping techniques for winter prep I'm going to start transitioning to solid bottom boards. Not that the screen bottoms are bad or aren't still useful in certain areas; for me, I'll be switching most over to solids.
The R value of that corrugated plastic is approximately 2. The R value of a 3/4 piece of plywood is approximately 2.06 so there is really no advantage to a solid bottom board when it comes to the insulation factor of the hive.
Realize this is an old video, but it still pops up first when doing a search. Is there anyway you could pin a comment listing the total raw materials necessary? If you mention that the screen was 1/8” in the list, it would silence the haters too. Thanks!!
Good suggestion. I did just that. Thanks!
I would't build it that way, but the MUSIC was great! Good Video!
How would you have built it? Just curious. I love seeing how other folks do things. Im just showing people they dont have to spend a ton of money if they have a few tools. I'm going to start moving away from screen bottoms anyway.
Master Of None Your finished product is great. Mine are simpler, not better.
@@MasterOfNone84 I like the font nose to be alot shorter so that there is more air flow coming up and end - my hives are against a wall so I dont access the backs - And if you build it 2 1bys wider you can creat a C shaped rail to hold your Hive body inplace without screws!
@@MasterOfNone84 Why are you not going to use screen bottoms anymore?
@@coyotetrail2124 I have a few reasons. The benefit of a screen bottom is said to help reduce verroa mites. Studies have shown that in all, they only reduce the population of verroa by about 15%, which means you still have to treat for mites anyway. With that when treating for mites I use oxalic acid and I have to slide a bottom board in so it traps the fumes in the hive and put them in for winter. Rather than keep all those slide in boards around in the shop I can just use solid bottom boards. Plus they are cheaper and easier to make.
Looks Good 🐝
A small suggestion... You might first show us what you will be building. That way as you make/kit up the various parts to your design, they won't look quite so foreign. Do you have a rough idea what the cost was? How long did it take to build one unit? Thanks man, nice job!
Probably cost less than $10. It was around 30 minutes for just that one. But if I was making multiples, it's easy to make several an hour. Set your saw up for a particular cut and run all your boards through at one time. Do that for each step then you just have a pile of pieces to put together. Thanks for the feedback!
Would screen from a patio door or camper door work??
I would say hardware cloth is as thin as you want. Critters like skunks would tear through screen door screen pretty easy.
@@MasterOfNone84 Ok thanks!!!
What if there is no 2x4s or 1x6s available? What is I don't have a table saw?
No sound.
Hmm? Working on my end.
You never said what size screen mesh to use. Thumbs down. Incomplete video. Useless.
Thank you for your well thought out constructive criticism. Ill make sure and do better next time.
@@MasterOfNone84 : That is a good thing.
There’s a nut sack in every group, nice video!