Below are some DIY beehive designs. About 1/3 of the food that people consume relies on pollination, primarily by the bees. If the honeybees do not pollinate the crops directly, we still benefit from the environment by which honeybees work. Thus, honeybees play an essential role in the pollination of the plant like flax and cotton. In order to preserve the local hives, the beehive is necessary for the bees.
BuBees Behive Design
The beehive can become modern and, at the same time, complicated. BuBees is a top bar beehive that is made from wood. Then, it is painted by non-toxic milk paint. You will also notice the boards running at the width of the hive, which can be moved to make the space larger or smaller based on how much bees adapt to the hive. The viewing window lets the beekeepers look inside its area that can accommodate thousands of pollinators.
Urban DIY Beehive Designs
This urban beehive is more than using the wooden boxes, it is more modern, and it is a sleek version of the hive. The hive in a pod-like manner attached to the hole is cut to a pane of glass. When this affixed, the glass-covered pod inside the window allows the beekeeper to peer in the beehive while the entryway outside allows the bees to come and go.
Honey Keeper Beehive Design
It is a beehive that entails a suitable home for the bees. The hive box is stable and wide. It is spacious and expandable, which makes it excellent for any bees. There is an entrance reducer that helps regulate the air movement and keep the mice off.
Mason Jar Beehive Design
It has a staple and sufficient style that utilizes available materials. It makes harvesting honey easier because the combs are built within the jars. So, when the beekeeper can fully pick up the jars and extracts the honey from the comb.
Elevator “B” Beehive Design
The elevator beehive design is a sparkling waterfront skyscraper made of steel, glass, and cypress. It is built to mimic the silo by which the bees are found as they move happily inside the hive.
To-Bee Beehive Design
This design employs the bookshelf style. Its primary component is a cylindrical tube where the bees build their honeycomb. Its structure is tubular, and it is connected to a hollow, pipe-like component that has a flat facade on its top. It can be used by the bees like an escape pod from the tube when bees fly outside to search for pollen.
Flow Hive Classic Beehive Design
This type of design gained so much popularity in the past years. It is built through the use of red cedar in the west, which is resistant to fungus and can repel the insects or invaders. Besides, it has a screen at the bottom board, has an inner cover, roofing, and a queen excluder. This type of design is made to minimize the disturbance of bees when harvesting honey. The flow key needs to be inserted that splits the honey cells then extracts the honey to direct it to the hive.
Check my other 2 articles on beehive. The mason & top bar beehive.
