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Tell us about your garden and what you're growing: I am new back in nz, have bought the 1/4 acre with house, and am now ripping out all the pretty succulents and weed matting, to replace with a food forest.

I'm learning how to do it as i go.. woohoo

At 9:41am on January 10, 2010, Simon Godfrey said…: Thanks Kenny, back end of recession occupied all my time at my shop, back up for air now, and forging ahead again.

I'm very grateful for the links and info.

Simon

At 10:44am on October 16, 2009, Kenny said…: Hi Simon,

the hive you are probably talking about is the 'top bar hive'. There are heaps of DIY vids on youtube, and check out these websites that have PDFs on how to build and the benefits:

http://www.naturalbeekeeping.org/

http://www.biobees.com/

http://www.backyardhive.com/General/General/BackYardHive_Beekeeping_Shop/

Ive also seen pics of hives being made out of huge clay pots (or any vessel like a window flower bed) with a hole drilled in it using the top bar method. Im looking out for the right vessel to recycle into a hive to see if it works.

Hope that helps, anything else jsut ask. Let me know how it goes!
Kenny