This method is the QUICKEST way to build your beekeeping equipment!!!

In this video I discuss the best method to quickly build lots of beekeeping equipment. I’m building 10 frame deep boxes.

[@HeritageOaksRanch2027]

I can’t wait to study what you are doing!! Awesome!!

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks for following along!

[@carolynsweatman7500]

Like the way you are doing bee equipment with rough sawn lumber, very economical, good way to save $$

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

You have to when starting out. The bees dont care if its rough cut or not

[@turnitupmike]

​@@Ashby_Farms_NC I sawsome comment somewhere they are more likely to propolis rough sawn inside of the hive and that should be healthy for them. I saw some dipping them in a mix of types of wax mostly paraffin but I wonder why paraffin when trying to keep optimal health of the hives?

[@meloneycrews]

My husband and I have watched your videos from the start! It’s nice to see you making videos again! We’ve been missing you!! Is your wood from a local mill? What type of wood do you use or prefer? Thanks for taking the time to share!! 💕💕prayers that you’re feeling better soon!

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thank you so much for the kind words! This year I have switched away from old growth, to new growth Pine from North Carolina. My friend (Coty) mills all my wood for me a a significantly less cost than the big box store. Thanks for your support!

[@meloneycrews]

@@Ashby_Farms_NC wow that’s the kind of friend to have right? 💞💕

[@GrillingNetwork]

Subscribed!! Dont know if i need 500 but having 10 handy would be nice.. do you have a cut sheet? I see these NUCs going for 60 online and know i can make them a lot cheaper thanks in advance

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I don’t have a cut sheet. I’ve got some other videos on the rest of my equipment with all the measurements. Look at the 10 frame box video. That should tell ya

[@NKYHoneyBees]

*Great video. I think you would benefit from some wood working equipment, but I get it brother. Just found your channel. Great stuff.*

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Just winging it constantly!

[@chuckcampbell3927]

🛫📖🛬 Hey Brother, I have been searching to find a video of your wax dipping process and cannot locate it. Would you mind telling me if you have one or what number or name is it and I'll look it up. GOD Bless 📖🛐✈️🐆🐝🐝🐝

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I’ve got 4-5 videos on my AshbyFarmsNC page. You can also search wax dipping beehives on YT

[@shannonlyons3495]

Great video. I guess you realized 500 boards only gave you 125 boxes not 250 that you wanted. Did you mill your own lumber? Or get it from the Amish being that they are true 1'?

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I have a local buddy who runs his own mill

[@rehmangusandapiary9024]

Feel your pain Ashby with your cold. Great video on box building. I suspect the future will be additional woodworking equipment. Just found your page a few weeks ago and really like your videos. Best wishes from west Central Arkansas! Philip

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks for the kind words Philip! And thanks for following! I hope I’m able to help in some way! Hope you have a great spring w your bees!

[@spudgn]

I’m retiring in the Philippines. I can find pallet wood but people cook with that. I’m thinking comfort hives, stack or pile hives and skep hives as the simplest way to start my village on bees. They are dirt poor.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Sounds awesome!

[@Joseph-Colin-EXP]

The mouth of the south! :)

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rodrenegadesofdirt923]

Ashby really like your videos and information. Do you sell equipment

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I don’t sell equipment. Just my wife and I building it

[@joaofernandes6158]

Hello!! I builded 2 beehive. My first two i wish one day i could do 250 like you. You selling them or doing it for yourself?

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

For myself

[@sleepersix]

Have you calculated the cost per box and number of man hours per box?

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Unfortunately no. The calculation was “I want to quit my day job” and was worth every moment!!!!!

[@smokiethebuer]

Where do you buy your bulk bee frames if you don’t mind me asking

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Beeline by the pallets. Price really isn’t an advantage until you start ordering a few pallets at a time

[@johnmarshall6572]

Looks good, getting the job done! Labor of love for the bees! Just came through Burlington the weekend coming back from hivelife. If you didn't make it you have to go at least once. Get to see all the KZbin stars like YOU! GOOD JOB BROTHER! Keep the content coming, we will be watching!

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I wish I could have gone! Unfortunately we had already scheduled some family stuff, and family is always more important! But I def wish I could have gone. Perhaps next year!

[@taylorboysoutdoors]

Looking good 👍 subbed

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks brother! You should make some videos too. I’d love to see how you do things (so I can steal some of your ideas)🤣🤣🤣

[@Kapp_Bee_Co]

Do you find it cheaper to build your own rather then buying them from a supplier? I’m starting in April with a nuc. I looked at Home Depot and a 10’ board wasn’t much more then buying non assembled boxes. I would love to build my own but can’t see the benefit.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Great question! I also analyzed this when I started. Found a local sawmill on Fb marketplace, and now we’re great friends. I get wood at around $1/boardfoot. Significantly cheaper than big box stores. However it isn’t kiln dried, so you have to allow time for it to dry (6mos). Hope this helps!

[@Kapp_Bee_Co]

Oh wow, that would definitely change my mind! Thanks for the response!

[@shawnboutersebouterseurban387]

How many hives do you keep

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

At the moment ~500

[@hackn3y199]

you need some robots 🤣

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I wish

[@garycorlew2080]

I have watched every one of your videos, I really like your videos and I was hoping you did not fade away like some have over the years. I used to live in Charlotte, NC. I now live in northeastern New York and still keep bees, I have been a bee keeper for about 20 years

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks for your support! It means a lot that you’ve watched so much of my content. I hope I’ve been able to help in some small way! Have a blessed day!

[@Peter_Gunn]

How do you go about getting them square quickly. I just put together a hundred deeps and that was the bottle neck that cost me the most time. Thanks

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

This is actually a problem I had last year. Gotta make sure your cuts are square. Then just roll with it. I actually end up with about 10-15% slightly out of square. It makes for small air gaps between the boxes which allows the hives to “breathe”. It’s not a bad thing

[@brianhidden2687]

Cool

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks!

[@mirkokrasko1]

Hay Ashby. Thank you very much for your videos. I have big plans with my bee keeping adventure. as well. I just moved from Florida to WNC. Absolutely love it here.. So i would like to use you as my mentor if you don't mind... But i would like to advice you. You can cut frame rest with a dado blade. Easy to set and faster than 1000 cuts and flipping board twice.... I wish you good luck and looking foreword to your videos.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

While you can cut with a Dado, I run a 3/4"x3/4" frame rest. This produces a ton of shavings and is painfully slow to remove that much material. That's why I use the 2 passes on a standard saw blade. Thanks for following along

[@joetripp123]

I appreciate the short to the point format. Sometimes you just want to watch a 10-15 minute video, not an hour. Seems like that 1" material would equal heavy equipment. Should last a very long time though.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

It sure is heavy! Built to last!!!

[@jwill1182]

Ashby, I can give you a run for the Mouth Of The South Title. I just found your content today. I’m a couple of roads over in Wake County.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

🤣🤣🤣Thanks for watching! Not far away at all!

[@andreameeks6454]

Where do you buy your frames

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Beeline by the pallet load

[@escapetheratrace4798]

What are the basic saws you need to start building bee equipment? All I have currently is a miter saw and it looks like I am going to at least need a table saw too

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Table saw and chop saw

[@richardfisher8835]

Great video. Just thinking about getting into bee keeping. You have a nice operation. I'll be watching more of your videos for sure.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks for following along!

[@woodlandharvesthoneycompanyllc]

Good how-to video. I feel your pain cutting out all those boxes. I make my own also. It takes me even longer because I saw my lumber out on a sawmill after felling the logs. Then I cut them to length and put the frame rests in. I do dado the end pieces on the sides because I feel it makes them stronger. I also leave mine rough sawn. The bees seem to really like them and they propalis them up on the inside. I believe propalis helps bees fight diseases.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Propolis definitely helps the colony health. I don’t envy your extra steps. That’s ALOT of work!

[@woodlandharvesthoneycompanyllc]

@@Ashby_Farms_NC Yes it is a lot to do but I save a lot on buying wooden ware. I figure I have the mill and a lot of trees so way not.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

@@woodlandharvesthoneycompanyllc Gotta save $ when and where you can for sure!

[@jwalker7068]

How do you buy the wood. If I buy from lowes or Home Depot the wood is too expensive versus what I can buy them for from miller bee supply unassembled.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I buy my wood from Redding Sawmill in Prospect NC. Coty is awesome and a fraction of the price of Lowes. If you aren’t nearby, search Fb marketplace for a local sawmill.

[@wesleybryant7839]

Great job. How much excess equipment should a bee keeper have. To plan ahead and not run out.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I plan for what I need for the season and figure it into my schedule as to when I’ll need it

[@kellycarpenter9350]

Cool video. I like your heavy wall one inch . I do 7/16 of an inch for bee and Pollin patty space ..

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks! Best of luck to ya

[@zerunklo]

Who hasn't had a head cold?! Hope you get over it. Looks like you have a pretty good system. Where did you get your lumber?

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

A buddy of mine (Coty Redding) ……Redding’s Sawmill in Prospect Hill NC cuts all my lumber. Give him a call! He’s on Fb marketplace!

[@jaymackley3099]

Love your Chanel,we are kind of on the same path milling my own wood starting to ramp up numbers ext. thanks keep it up.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Appreciate the complement. Just trying to help however I can!

[@brenchuckswood3826]

Subscribed to help you build the channel. Video caught my attention cause we have 🐝

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks for subscribing!

[@kiaya007]

Well done mate. Hope i can one day have days like this, looking forward to the year ahead. Love it. Thanks very much 😄

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

You can do it! Thanks for watching our videos!

[@thebeekeepersworkshop]

You could use the dado to cut the frame rests that would be more time efficiant and neater cut.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Yeah but the shavings!!!

[@mattparks1225]

Could you post your board and cut dimensions please? Great videos

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

I’ll make a video today!

[@bmiller1958]

Thank you for sharing. Here to help your algorithm.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

You’re very welcome! Thanks for the help!

[@seanduibhide]

Would love to make one. Are the plans available or did I miss them?

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Just posted the first of 3 videos of how to make your own.

[@adamsoutdoors]

Did you buy that lumber or do you have your own mill also?

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

My friend Coty owns/operates Redding’s Sawmill in Prospect Hill NC and custom mills the wood at a fraction of the cost of Lowes. I highly recommend his business!

[@jack00scarecrow]

you must bee a carpenter with those skills

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Nah I’ve always loved building though

[@emilypedzinski1138]

Are you dovetailing these?

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Not at all! Butt-Joints with 3” screws. There’s no separating them once they’re together!

[@KajunHomestead]

Looking good ❤👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks!

[@alin_keeps_bees]

Great stuff! Looking forward to seeing the assembly process!

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks! I’ve got the first of 3 videos up now about dimensions and building. Thanks for watching!

[@alin_keeps_bees]

@@Ashby_Farms_NC amazing. keep'em coming!

[@davidryle1164]

When you're a one man operation, there's no doubt about it, efficiency is key. Really nice job. I have the same problem with my table saw, arbor is far too short.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

It happens. But we make due

[@SMButler]

Do you do your own frames also?

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

No we buy our frames by the pallet load 5,000 at a time

[@davidtidwell5312]

Great video's!!!!

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thank you!

[@mikekiper]

Good job young man

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks!

[@johnsmothers1268]

Great video!

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks!

[@Trinityoaksfarms]

Great video

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@CCCRApiary]

fine work.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks for your support!

[@garyballanger7377]

Great job.

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

Thanks!

[@cyberfuker85]

nice one mate. im all about efficiency as well

[@Ashby_Farms_NC]

It sure is