Quick and easy beehive frame assembly jig

Outer box measures 15 7/8" x 17 7/8". Inner box measures 13 5/8" x 15 3/16". Depth is 5" for both boxes.
I get my frames from Mann Lake. www.mannlakelt...
Thanks for watching!

[@TomJones-uf5sl]

I have been keeping bees more than 50 years and this is the best explanation of how to quickly build frames I've yet seen! Good job!

[@mominagha]

So you didn't invent anything for your work in 50 years??

[@mrflapdaddy]

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[@jyotiwelry]

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[@imustbegettinolder4434]

Thank you very much. Most helpful and very clear. I'm an expat living in rural northern Việt Nam and have just recently started keeping bees. There's no such thing as pre-made kits here. We build from scratch, so your jig idea is going to save a ton of time and energy for lots of folks. Thanks again. Cheers

[@9realitycheck9]

Simplicity is MASTERFUL. Well done

[@jasonpindell5940]

Excellent job. I love the simplicity. Think I will make one today.🐝🐝

[@rebecca.medicineeagle]

I love watching your beekeeping videos! They are so soothing and clearly demonstrate God's master handiwork. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. You are much appreciated!

[@menace2584]

Been a beekeeper for 40 years and have always assembled individually. Too cheap to buy a frame jig. Now I am making one like yours, so simple and thank you for showing how to make one. Came to your channel first because of sawing timber and saw you are a beekeeper also.

[@falllineridge]

Dennis Carter Good deal! Thanks for the support, Dennis!

[@michaelfike7542]

I know it's an old video but thats a great way to do frames. Simple and easy the way it should be. ❤🐝

[@brentm9428]

You were right the missed nail was driving me crazy. Great video! This is great info.

[@brandyfearrington9344]

I'm not in the game but I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with your own trials and errors.

[@bradlane8427]

I've always wanted a frame jig and watched a few videos. This is by far the easiest design i've seen and it obviously works!

[@ghostgarden8032]

I like your frame jig the best , it is simple to make, simple to use, unlike those with the screen door springs, thank you

[@kebab6597]

I,am so glad I found your video as a new bee keeper 10 days or so it took me ages to biuld 20 frames you have just made my next 20 frames ao much easier to do many thanks

[@bradgodin]

I had to free hand 60 frames on a 2×4 in my house...this is an idea i am definitely stealing lol thanks!

[@bobwebber8521]

At first I wondered where the heck is this guy going. My congratulations. That is such a good plan and works well. I presume you insert wire in some of them for spinning strength. Struggled with this task for many years. Thanks so much.

[@Eric-gi9kg]

BEST JIG System I've seen THANKS Will definitely be building a set.

[@juanrojas-ho6bx]

Fall line ridge thank you for sharing such simplicity instructional video keep them coming.

[@seanfife8398]

Well done! Good commentary, too.

[@PaulOtis]

Very much like the jig my father and I used back in the 70s. Really sped up production for frame assembly. :)

[@wyldeman]

Thank You for your time and effort in showing us an easier way than one at a time.... 👍👍👍

[@falllineridge]

Glad to help!

[@roycarter6235]

Clever and simple thank you

[@thuffman44]

I've been doing free handed assembly and yeah.. it sucks, LOL... I really needed to see this video. Thanks a ton for sharing the info. 🐝🐝🐝☮️☯️

[@robertshorthill6836]

Your voice and accent remind me of a gentleman by the name of Norman Blake from Rising Fawn, Georgia. You must be a Georgia native, if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, thanks for sharing your assembly contraption. I'm working with the Layens system of frames, so it's a slightly different set up. Thanks. Bob ( a Norman and Nancy fan in Montana)

[@douglasgault5458]

I like it. And just put the dimensions on the work bench in the shop. I'm going to be ready going into my 2nd year. I I've built 6 hives this year and hope to add more in the coming year. This will be a huge time saver. Thanks for the post.

[@sylviafoust9545]

That's an outstanding idea. Will definitely built your jig. Thank you for the idea.

[@nbkhan9338]

You the best bee farming teacher bro. I m hooked

[@bluzman1940]

Awesome, Thank You for sharing. Will make my life much easier.

[@mattworrell1651]

Excellent information! Always looking for a better way to build a mouse trap! Thank you for posting!

[@redbaron8989]

You are the man! Thank you for taking the time out to demonstrate!

[@marinvidovic763]

If you take your stanly knife and just cut 2 vertical cuts on 2 corner of your cardboard box , You can... .....instead of taking wooden peaces out of box for 10 minutes, ... ,... dismantle the box in 5 sec. 😂😂😂🤔 ... time savings Tip. Lol. Thanks for sharing ! Very good jig !!! ...like simplicity and efficiency.

[@marciaoliver6098]

Watched this with my 5 year old son... making one now! Thanks!

[@lindseyselby7669]

Super easy to construct- a GREAT help!!

[@Fred-ff6bv]

it sure does help!!! i’m considering making my own frames (i’m on a very fixed income) and have already lamented the assembly process.

[@timrector7824]

Wow!Great idea and design.

[@robertmarden5976]

Thank you very much .. I'm very new to beekeeping. This is really helpful

[@continuallycountingchicken7338]

You are a GENIUS!!!!!! 👏

[@tatkinsful]

WOW ! Much better jig than the pain in the butt I have now ! Thanks for sharing !

[@bradwards2176]

Enjoy Your Videos. Thank You!

[@886014]

That's a great idea, simple yet very functional, well done! A respectful tip about not mixing IDs and ODs though. I think I can see how the first iteration got a bit mixed up. I appreciate it's not critical, but many people don't have any real construction experience, and it's the Inside Diameter of the outer box and the Outside Diameter of the inner box that will determine the function. How thick the material is then doesn't matter, and it could be anything they have laying around.

[@gregsanderson2470]

Thanks , I'm assembling 500 frames. I just had to loosen up the demsions of the inner box to get it to slide out easier. I'm using rough cut boards.

[@MayFamilyEmail]

I’ve drilled a pilot hole as I have had issues with splitting. Thanks for the great video!

[@michaelsmith7425]

That is the best idea I have seen in a long time !!

[@alexandercoss]

Excellent a d very instructional. Thanks for sharing.

[@CoconutInformation]

The ending! Bam! Thats whats up! Awesome video, thanku :)

[@michaelpisapia]

Simple and GENIUS..!!! Thank you for sharing this..!!

[@Oscarman61]

Excellent video - super helpful. Love your frame jig. Thanks for the dimensions, building one! Hope you have a great bee year. Dave, in Alberta, Canada

[@anthonyraffaele1982]

no other way to say ' Good job' . . .

[@glenngoodale1709]

thanks for such great videos

[@joshw9465]

Great video I’m definitely building this today. If you like the idea of the small cell size, I do believe it’s to make a smaller bee. If you just incorporated the foundation-less frames into your brood boxes and not your honey boxes you will get smaller bees and still be able to spin honey frames without any trouble.

[@HighTeaWithTheQueen]

Absolutely brilliant! ❤

[@smittysbees6860]

made one, works great. Thanks

[@rosejafari8917]

Thanks for the information. I hope to order these soon. I hope that they come in other sizes. I'm sure they do. I've built the longhouse beehives. Wish me luck. I hope to catch a swarm this spring. ;-D

[@CountryMorning]

Just finished using this jig, and am very pleased. Just two moving parts! I used scrap wood, and made my jig to do 8 frames at a time. With all the figuring and finding the right wood, it took more than 30 minutes, but still worth it. some of the extra time was making the effort to get both boxes squared. I get my frames from Dadant, and I was assembling medium frames. I used wood that was 4 1/2" wide, so the jig would also work well with shallow frames, but might be wobbly for deep frames. I recommend getting your length and width measurements for your boxes with frame parts in hand just to make sure the boxes will work with your equipment.

[@hopeholben4979]

Philip, what were your measurement for the Dadant product, if you don't mind sharing.

[@CountryMorning]

@@hopeholben4979 I decided to not include measurements because I used "salvaged" wood of different thicknesses (some 5/8", some 3/4"). So, it seems best to just give the outer dimensions of the inner box, and you can size the outer box depending on the thickness of wood you have available. The outer length of the inner box should be no more than 16 7/8", and the inner length of the outer box should be just enough larger to accommodate two thicknesses of the uprights with scant play. The outer width of the inner box is less critical, since it can be fairly loose and still hold the uprights in place; I used 10 13/16", and less would also work. That's a lot of "outers" and "innners", but I hope it helps.

[@paublusamericanus292]

the open ended frame side is named after the cut. dado-------I really like your method, and it makes sure ten frames will fit, even with a weak hive you might put less in an upper.

[@lynnhughes6350]

It sure is helping me at the moment ..putting together 100 frames today …

[@chriscox6598]

Great Idea. Thanks

[@robertflindall4692]

Great simple jig. Perfect.

[@shantaloft]

Cell size is determined by latitude. As you go north the natural cell size increases. so Dee is in an area of 4.9 where as langstroth was further north so the size they saw was 5.2. I let bees do their own thing in the brood chamber and put foundation in the honey box were cell size is not important but blow out strength is. On the point of contamination it is not what you put in the hive that is the serious concentration but what the girls are bring in. This is important in the brood box so I have a faster rotation in the brood box but not in the honey box. The more agra bis in your area the faster your rotation as well. A a stock producer it is not as critical because to the rate of frame turn over 4 to 12 frames a year anyway. Being in a high agra biz area I aim for a 4 year turnover on brood frames. If your area is free of aga biz than you can go far longer.

[@josephwoodall832]

Very cool I'll use this technique for sure.

[@ScottyBingham]

Now that is clever!! Thanks!

[@charliephuket]

Wow.It's​ very​ good.

[@BNHC0]

looks like a lot of fun

[@sandraerby1750]

WONDERFUL VIDEO. I WILL GO TO MY EXTENSION SVC FOR MY COUNTY..GOD BLESS

[@luci75d76]

I have the hives for 12 frames on brood chamber. But the suppers are same size and only 10 fat frames which for sure make more honey than 12 frames So make the legs wider Is not a joke. It works well

[@luci75d76]

I have made one for 21 frames but i have just the outer frame and I use two plastic tubes to slide inside

[@cubaniton74]

To prevent the top bar frame from coming undone under beehive tool pressure when removing, how about wrapping a stainless steel thin wire around that top bar and bottom bar then twist ends of wire together... A strong fishing line would also work, but I don't know if the bees could eventually chew through it and break the fishing line.

[@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork]

Nice man good work!

[@dennismoore6437]

Excellent 👍

[@mattbrown80]

That's just awesome!

[@kalemercer7053]

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[@scottgetkate4058]

No need to make 2 boxes just nail the 2 sides of the inner box to the outer box, will have to be cut a bit longer obviously but you save some wood. Good idea though

[@tomfairbourn6998]

Great idea thanks for sharing

[@michaelobrien4644]

Hi mate excellent video i just got a heap of frame pieces today and was wondering what type of jig to built and up came your video so thank you .

[@Hirokiji]

I don't use foundation for brood boxes, the comb is lighter and the bees can draw the comb to suit their colony. I use foundation for honey supers though. But for your half-height frames, why even use foundation? Good jig though. We use small pins in the side bars for the top bar only, so it doesn't pull off when lifting a heavy langstroth frame.

[@mikep6150]

Good stuff. Thanks

[@dallas69]

It may help to get a vibration nail driver and use ring shank nails so the nails will not back out.

[@1amder]

What Frame kit did you order and plastic foundation you ordered from Mann Lake? Great video. I am going to build this jib ASAP. Is there a Hive Box specific for these frames also? Thanks....

[@rosejafari8917]

I got some unassembled frames and found out they won't fit the longhouse hive I made from a pipe crate. Outside dimensions 2 ft x 9.5 ft. I cut 2 out and used the middle piece for the two ends. I was proud of them but now I'm splicing them together- 3 makes 2 frames 20 7/8 wide but not changing the deep frame, i figure the bees will fill it in to the depth they want. I think I'll start making my own after this group.

[@stuartsullenbarger2471]

Great idea...I wish I could raise bees for honey,but i,m not allowed in the city limits.

[@paul777jj]

Amazing!

[@garyhowell7458]

man you videos sure are informational where would i buy these frames like this in bulk as you have here ?

[@garyhowell7458]

man you videos sure are informational where would i buy these frames like this in bulk as you have here ?

[@rosejafari8917]

I liked the older spinner on the other blog I watched.

[@goldensilver793]

that helps bunches...

[@adventuresinbeekeeping7590]

This is very cool. Will this 5" jig work for all frame sizes or do you have other jigs for different size frames? Thanks.

[@user-io3hy4zb4s]

Can you use screws instead of nails so that you have more holding power when you pull the frames out later on?

[@circesgrandmainomaha580]

Genius! :)

[@LumberZack]

Awesome simple jig. Where do you get your frame kits? Maybe update the video description with a link?

[@falllineridge]

Not a bad idea. Done.

[@MsKarenrankin]

Good lord... I have to build a builder for building. 😫

[@pug8292]

What would be the dimensions for 8 medium frames? (or is that frame manufacture specific?)

[@natserog]

great.....just know Titebond 3 is the only waterproof glue

[@mikekiper]

Is that 1by 6

[@PhillipHall01]

Great job!! I have a question, do you mill the lumber for your boxes? If so, would make a very interesting video from start to finish? Keep up the good work!! Thanks for the great video!! Phillip Hall

[@falllineridge]

I actually don't. Excellent video idea though! Thank you for watching.

[@هيابنانؤمنساعة-ق6خ]

please what is type of wood's frame?@@falllineridge

[@SurfnYouTube]

Great video I must have missed it... what size box are the frames for? Do you have a video on how to build the boxes?

[@teresaparker8933]

Yes I want to know the answer too

[@1337_bean]

do you need to clean the honey or filter it?

[@jayboss7611]

Were can i buy some of that real honey at .because the one they sell at shoprite and stop and shop it really fake as hell with expiration dates and all saids 100 percent real but on the back got all these big words of chemical they added 😕

[@NielsenValleyFarms]

I built this with your measurements and it is way too big by almost 3/8 of an inch. The outside box needs to be 1/8 to 3/16 smaller and the inside needs to be about 1/16 or maybe a little over 1/16 larger

[@valeryan021]

А для чего маркером пишет?

[@edwinaortiz3542]

Awesome

[@freelancersmonoerinbanglad3159]

Nice....🇧🇩🇧🇩🌹🌹🌹