1. How do you make bee hive frames from pallets

Welcome to our Channel. This is episode number 1. In this video, Paul makes hive frames from disused pallets. It's a great way to repurpose a product that would have ended up in a landfill.

[@davewalmsley8883]

HI Paul, as you say the time spent is more for keeping you active than saving, but I like your use of old pallets. I see so many thrown on skip bins or out the back of various businesses. One near me is a jet ski importer and they have a stack that provides plenty of different timber sizes, some in 2-3m lengths.

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

That’s great. Get into it. Thanks so much for watching.

[@edeckert2093]

Love your jig for making the holes in the sidebars. Great job!

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rtxhoneybees]

Thank you for sharing. I also make my own frames. At some point I'll get around to showing that on my channel. One thing you did, concerned me. At 14:00 you got your hands dangerously close to the blades. For small pieces please set up a couple feather boards - one pushing the piece against the fence and another pushing down. You can push the piece thru with the next piece. Also, never grab a piece on the back side of the blade until it is completely clear. If it binds it will pull your hand back into the blade before you know it happened.

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

Thanks Phil. The video angles make it look worse than it actually is. I had a severe accident on a table saw nearly 2 years ago now where the riving knife ripped out of the saw and imbedded in my chest very nearly puncturing my lung. Since then I went and did a safety course on table saws and I have watched every table saw safety video I could find. I have a few things I want to purchase. A grippy board and feather boards are on the list.

[@rtxhoneybees]

@@thankyouhoneybee6369 I tried to cut my thumb off on mine. Fortunately I had the blade set barely above the piece so I only needed a few stitches. Feather boards are very easy to make.

[@Onthedge308]

Just found your channel and subscribed, looking forward to more footage, wanting to start bee keeping myself, thanks for the knowledge.

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

Thanks. More videos coming soon. We’ve been getting ready for spring. I could have videoed the preparation but it’s pointless without the story.

[@angelaworkman2419]

Nice work!

[@MrSpot41]

Nice 👍

[@rtxhoneybees]

You will find out soon enough that your tops will pull off of your sides when you pry up with a hive tool. The way to correct that is to use glue and to put a nail horizontal thru the side bar, angled up, into the top bar. Glue on the bottom rail generally holds ok.

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

First thing dad said to me after he watched it 😂 I pulled them apart, glued them and side nailed them also.

[@rtxhoneybees]

@@thankyouhoneybee6369 That's funny!

[@DonaldRogersBaldEagle]

what kind of critters do you have over your head in the door frame. 44 second mark.

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

Mud wasps/ hornets. They make a mess. I just let them be until they hatch and then I clean them off. They can be a pain but corks tend to stop them from getting into the holes of my machinery. But then I forget to take the cork out and wonder why things won’t start.

[@roshanstanly4270]

Thanks bro i need box and frame sizes

[@davewalmsley8883]

One other thing, can you add some notes e.g. with drawings and/or dimensions?

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

Hi Dave. I will but I want to make sure wax fits before I do. I am in the Veroa red zone so I don’t want to keep any wax here or bring anything that has had bees on it here, so I left dads frame at his house. As soon as I do, I will make a PDF available.

[@davewalmsley8883]

@@thankyouhoneybee6369 OK, sorry to hear you're in the Red, same here. Could be a while before we can have bees again.

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

@@davewalmsley8883 I’d say a couple of years. I’m near Branxton so I’ve been looking at places that are about an hour and a half away. I want to put two hives about that far away. That way the hives can pay for the fuel to go look at them.

[@kevinholbrook7174]

@@thankyouhoneybee6369 Thanks 🙏 Paul I was also wondering about the drawings and measurements of the bee hive and the frames. Great work and keep it up 👍

[@RoshanRajkumarStanlyJoseph]

fram meciment plz

[@thankyouhoneybee6369]

Hi Roshan, I haven't figured out how to post them on the page yet. When I do they will be for Australia though. So you will need to check if your country uses the same measurements. There are a lot of different sizes out there. Cheers Paul