Placing a third box on the Warre Beehive

Well the time has come that I have the time to place a third box under one of my Warre Hives. I have two hives and one of them is a lot stronger that the other. The strong hive needs an additional box and within three weeks the second hive will need the additional hive box.

I once again did not smoke the hive as I removed the roof, the wood chip box, and then moved the two hive boxes at the same time. I put the third box on and reassembled the hive.  They did not even seem to care that I had moved the hive and settled down quickly after I reassembled the hive.

Quick Update Warre Beehive

It has ben awhile since I was able to post. I have had some major events in my life and did not have the time to post. The best event that just happened was yesterday when my great granddaughter was born.  She is so sweet and very small and am thankful to God for allowing her to be born healthy.


I have been watching my bees as much as possible the last two months and decided it was time to add another box. The problem was that with my wife in the hospital and with her recovery I did not have time to build my own boxes.  As a result I made the decision to buy two boxes and assemble them myself.  Now, I think it was the right choice as I was able to see some ways to improve my boxes.

This picture shows the side for the inspection window. I tried to place one in my box and it did not turn out well. Now I know how to put on in and not having to worry about it not staying in place.

Also, I was able to make a pattern to hold the top bars in place so they will not move without having to use nails.  If you look at the left side of the picture you will see the places the top bars slide in place. Look at the above picture and you can see a better view of this.



What I did is make myself a pattern from one of the unassembled boxes and will now use it to make my next hive boxes.  Happy Beekeeping!

The Girls Are Here

Warre Beehives are full of bees! As a new Warre Beekeeper I am excited to see how much different keeping bees will be between the Langstroth hive and Warre hive. I know that last year I spent a lot of time taking care of the bees in the Langstroth hive. I am hoping that after my first inspection in a few days checking on them and make sure the queen has been released, it will only be once a month to check them.  With a top feeder I will not be inside the hive proper.


Sorry I did not get pictures today it was in the low fifties and I needed to get the queens in the hives and the bees covering them.  Both hives have around three thousand bees in them. Some of the bees are doing orientation flights and I have even seen some of the bees flying around the back door (I wonder if they are looking for me?)


They bees that I have are Italian bees. That is what I had last year and they were very gentle. Last year I only had one hive but this year I have two hives and hope both make it to next year.