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Originally Posted by Iowanian
I'm not positive, but just eyeballing it I'd guess it will hold 35 frames? 35 deeps.I was tinkering already with the idea of a smaller box to place on top of this one for honey supers....we'll see.
It's not that hard to make one but as usual I made it tougher than it needed to be. First tried to use reclaimed barn lumber but my 2x12ish boards kept splitting. Honestly I think as long as the inside dimension is right for your frames you could build these however you wanted to do them.
I bought a piano hinge for the lid but decided against that for now.
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According to the book you want one entrance open, closest to your brood frames, with the divider one one end and honey frames on the other end. Bees will brood closest to the opening and store honey farthest from the opening.
end entrance ( honey on one end)
end-honey frame-honey frame-honey frame-honey frame-brood frame-brood frame-brood frame-entrance-brood frame-divider as the hive expands you move the divider and add frames always keeping the opening on the brood end away from the honey.
OR middle entrance (honey on both ends_
end-honey frame-honey frame-honey frame-honey frame-brood frame-brood frame-brood frame-entrance-brood frame-brood frame-brood frame-honey frame-honey frame-honey frame- divider as the hive expands you move the divider and add frames always keeping the opening in the middle near the brood away from the honey on both ends.