Build Your Own Beekeeping Equipment

Title: “Build Your Own Beekeeping Equipment: How to Construct 8- & 10-Frame Hives; Top Bar, Nuc & Demo Hives; Feeders, Swarm Catchers & More”

Author: Tony Pisano

Publication Date: April 23, 2013

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

About the Book:

This book is a comprehensive guide to beekeeping, designed to help you save time and money by teaching you how to build your own beekeeping equipment. It provides instructions on crafting equipment that is tailored to your specific climate and setup.

Content:

The book covers a variety of hive types and includes all the basic infrastructure you need to keep your bees happy and active. It is full of insightful tips and is an invaluable resource for both beginners and experienced beekeepers.

Format:

The book is available in both Kindle and paperback formats. The paperback version spans 160 pages, making it a detailed yet manageable read.

Dimensions:

The physical dimensions of the book are 8.5 x 0.44 x 11 inches, making it easy to carry around or store on your bookshelf.

ISBN:

The ISBN-10 is 1612120598, and the ISBN-13 is 978-1612120591, for those who need these details for cataloguing or ordering purposes.

Returns:

The book can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt, ensuring peace of mind with your purchase.

Other Sellers:

There are also other sellers on Amazon offering the book at different prices and shipping rates, giving you a range of options to choose from.

My Opinion

Despite that general title, what the book is really concerned with is building hives – although there is more variety herein than you might think.

For one thing, there are simply lots of different kinds of hives and this book makes a point of letting you know that it contains the necessary information to build of them. Indeed, on the front cover the book states that it covers “8- & 10-Frame Hives; Top Bar, Nuc & Demo Hives; Feeders, Swarm Catchers” and, tantalizingly, “more”. As the author blurb makes clear, Tony Pisano is foremost a woodworker – with years of expert experience – who has turned his skills to constructing beehives

This book makes our list primarily because it really does provide the information and steps needed to build any type of hive. Of course, to what extent this book is for beginners then is an important question. Certainly, it is not for DIY beginners. The information in this book is well organized, clear, and complemented by many useful illustrations. Nevertheless, many beginner beekeepers might be somewhat put off by this round of woodwork being added to the many beekeeping skills that must be learned at the outset.

Of course, if you are handy around the house, you can probably construct these hives, an endeavor that isn’t too complicated and will certainly work out cheaper. A big advantage in doing so is that, as the book makes clear, you can tailor your beehive to your particular climate and forage zone. Elements like hive entrances, stand height, and general shape are all variables that you can optimize for the best beekeeping wherever you are.

 Even though this book probably isn’t for those totally hostile to DIY, it is not at all difficult to make some of the equipment here. An 8-frame hive, for example, is perfectly doable with a good attitude and a hand saw. One glaring omission, however, is blueprint details on the construction of the specific frames, but this is not anything that using the book, in conjunction with the internet, will not fix.

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