Roof For Bee Hive

Many beehive designs specify aluminum flashing as a good roof material.

Roof for bee hive.

If you ever need to get an established colony of bees off your roof carrying them down a ladder isn t even an option. Warm air holds moisture and the warmer the air the more moisture it can hold. 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. Even more tricky will be removing a hive of bees from your roof.

They have to be lowered by rope. In this episode we show you how to put together a national beehive roof which protects your bees and hive from the ele. This option is a little fussier because the application of roofing shingles takes a bit more. The same roof frame and stainless steel hardware but cnc cut composite copper material gives your hive a timeless look and doesn t require any maintenance or painting.

High winds might. Now rip the length edge of each board at 22 1 2 degrees. A super full of honey could easily weigh 80lbs. Choose between deep hive boxes with cnc cut windows on either side with black walnut closures or standard solid boxes without windows.

I made the roof from some scrap pieces of 1 2 plywood. A ventilated gabled roof is one of my favorite pieces of beekeeping equipment. This is the stuff that s used. One side will be 1 2 x 12 1 2 x 24 and the other side will be 1 2 x 12 x 24.

In some areas weather can also be an issue for rooftop hives. Build your own beehives with thorne.