Posts Tagged ‘beekeeping’
DIY Portable Beehive Weigh Scale
While many of the ideas and plans on this site are original Stonehaven designs, I just have to rave about this absolutely brilliant device for weighing beehives up to 250 lbs. – easily, and without really lifting them. Tom Rearick at Beehacker.com "hacked" an [Read More]
Build a Roadside Honey Stand
Beekeepers! Looking for a way to sell your surplus honey? Why not let it “sell itself” in your own self-serve Roadside Honey Stand. The Stonehaven Roadside Honey Stand operates on the honor system – enabling your customers to serve themselves – even when [Read More]
Bee Hive Planter – Free Woodworking Plans
Here’s a unique way bring a beekeeping theme into your home garden. Make a Bee Hive Planter. It’s made using a standard bottom board, deep super and a medium super. The cap is built to resemble a conventional hive cover. The open center allows access to one or more [Read More]
Making a Stand — How Our Honey Sells Itself
I wrote this article back in 2006 – a few weeks after we opened our brand new honey stand for the season. Nothing has happened since to shake our belief in selling honey on the honour system. — RKA I jokingly refer to it as a “honey U-pick”. In [Read More]
Build a Beekeeping Work Bench
Beekeepers! How many times have you wished you had an extra pair of hands, or some kind of field stand to hold a frame or two while you’re working your hives? Well, here’s the solution — a folding work bench, invented by a Canadian beekeeper and used for years [Read More]
