Beginning Beekeeping : How to assemble bee hive frames

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1. Johanna Boynton

   May 5, 2010 at 5:03 pm

   hello,
   i love watching your bee tv! i am planning to start my first hive next spring. i know you use a 10 frame hive, but do you know any thing about the 5 frame hives?
   thank you!

2. Eric Gunnar Rochow

   May 5, 2010 at 8:19 pm

   thx johanna,

   5 frame hives are called Nucs, short for nucleus, they are meant for breeding queens, catching swarms, and other specialized uses.

   if you want to have bees, you should get either a 10 frame hive or an 8 frame hive, either one should have a screened bottom board.

   i’ll be doing a post about what i think a beginning beekeeper should purchase.

   thx, eric.

3. Andrew Norman

   January 8, 2012 at 1:47 am

   Eric,
   thanks for the heads up on the info on Gorilla Glue. A lot of site mention that they use it with bees and that its food safe once it cures, but it seems like Titebond 3 is the safer waterproof glue option

4. Eric Gunnar Rochow

   January 8, 2012 at 8:07 pm

   yeah, i am wary of the foam residue of polyurethane glues, the regular wood glue works for me. thanks for the note, eric.