We are fortunate to have a national premier hive component manufacturer, Shastina Millwork in the Rogue Valley. Shastina specializes in custom hobbyist and commercial woodenware including boxes, frames, tops, bottoms, essentials, and clothing (basically, everything except bees), Shastina introduced the Revolution Box a few years ago – an improved hive […]
Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers Guild member Vince Endter has created some “how to” videos for making bee equipment. This one explains how to make beehive body handles with a table saw and dado blade.
Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers Guild member Vince Endter has created some “how to” videos for making bee equipment. This inner cover is made so that you can use feeder jars and not have to disturb the bees when you change the sugar solution.
Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers Guild member Vince Endter has created some “how to” videos for making bee equipment. This is a solar oven to melt beeswax out of empty honeycomb. I made this out of a scrap shipping crate. The max temperature it reached was 170°F. Beeswax melts at about […]
Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers Guild member Vince Endter has created some “how to” videos for making bee equipment. This video shows his version of a hive stand.
