Six-window hives, made, by Jaap

What have you made?

Six-window hives for honey bees, complete with six-window brood chambers with roof to be placed on top. These boxes are necessary in the spring to prevent the colonies from swarming. I make the model cabinet that I like to work with myself because the right size and version are not for sale.

How did you design the cabinets?

First I collected the sizes of the standard windows which will be hung. Then the required bee space was determined in three directions and recorded in combination with different hive stacking options. I drew the whole thing in a technical drawing program (AutoCAD). I then put all necessary parts complete with numbers in the Excel program and sorted them out by type of material. The cabinets are stacked bluntly on top of each other without locking. The dimensions of the sawing are therefore precise.

What are the measurements?

4 stuks 46.1 x 24.2 x 25.5 cm 1 stuks 46.1 x 24.2 x 14.8 cm 8 stuks 46.1 x 24.2 x 22.6 cm 1 stuks 46.1 x 24.2 x 14.8 cm