How To Assemble A National Beehive Roof

Take your other piece of ply known as a cover board lay it across the sides of the roof and nail into place.

How to assemble a national beehive roof.

When making parts please remember the b s. Leave it natural and unfinished as with all the internal parts of any beehive. X bottom fillet rebated on the underside to a depth of 1 4 leaving a shoulder of 1 2 th isp ac er ovd bf m ny x l w x upper surface of bottom fillet chamfered to shed the rain x metal runners fitted along the top edge of the end walls with their top edge 7 12 be low the top edges of the side walls of the box fit the end walls into the grooves in the side walls and nail into them through. Build the main frame of the roof by fixing the gable ends to the short sides the same way you did with the quilt and hive boxes.

Since a summer beehive is loaded with moisture from both bee respiration and drying nectar the hive can quickly become a damp mold infested environment that is not healthy for bees or good for making honey. National hive national stand national floor national heather floor national brood box framed wire excluder national super section crate snelgrove board national crown board national miller feeder diagonal miller feeder brother adam feeder national ashforth feeder national roof national eke national 14 x 12 box uniting board hanging section. The following two tables present the cut lists for the crown board and the roof of a british national hive bnh. Crown board for the british national hive quantity material dimensions notes 4 1 x 6.

In the following tables each material column lists nominal dimensions and each dimensions column lists the actual final measurements. Assemble the panels of the roof. This information is by kind permission of the scottish beekeepers ass n. Loosely assemble all four side panels of the roof together as a test fit you re building a box.

A ventilated gabled roof is one of my favorite pieces of beekeeping equipment. Drawings are in imperial measurements and have been metricated by some manufacturers. Warm air holds moisture and the warmer the air the more moisture it can hold. As well as the buttons above there are dimensional and construction details here for the national hive.