Pitched Roof Beehive

This is a traditional roof form.

Pitched roof beehive. A ventilated gabled roof is one of my favorite pieces of beekeeping equipment. You can use paint instead but make sure it is non toxic. By 1895 there were three types of covers offered for sale by the a i. Roofing materials for beehives you can optimize the roof s effectiveness and maximize its durability by adding.

The reason for the difference in the width is for the overlap at the peak of the roof. The roof of your beehive takes the brunt of abuse from sun rain snow and other climatic challenges. The slats of the pitched roof make sure that water does not pool and runs immediately off the top of the hive. I made the roof from some scrap pieces of 1 2 plywood.

They will overlap at each end. An easy to follow tutorial from thorne beehives showing how to assemble a national gabled roof. In this episode we show you how to put together a national beehive roof which protects your bees and hive from the ele. Finish your hive by treating all of the pieces with linseed oil.

The roof or outer cover is a critical component for keeping your hive dry and your bees safe from the elements. Mono pitched roofs pitched here means a roof plane rather than a slope and implies it is not a flat roof mono pitched roof. Since a summer beehive is loaded with moisture from both bee respiration and drying nectar the hive can quickly become a damp mold infested environment that is not healthy for bees or good for making honey. A pent roof is a smaller roof attached to a wall.

This will make for a tight peak. Build your own beehives with thorne. I have some extra ones lying around that i received as christmas presents over the years. A swedish sateri roof säteritak in swedish is hipped and pent hipped with two layers of eaves.

Jrh interesting idea about the thermometer i will definitely give that a try. Finishing and installing the hive. The slats of the roof lock into each other to ensure the bee domicile is well protected. Depending on your level of handyman expertise you can add a layer of plastic sheet metal underneath for additional protection from inclement weather.

The pitched roof could be set on one side of the roof but when you go to stack equipment on it the equipment will be an angle and limit the amount of supers that can be stacked. Now rip the length edge of each board at 22 1 2 degrees. Frostygoat it is an 8 frame cypress hive from brushy mountain with a pitched copper roof. Now take your roof panels and fix them onto the gables.