How To Make Mouse Guards & Huge Fall Honey Harvest

Oct 19, 2015 | Beehive, Home & Garden, Special Projects, Woodworking

Learn how to make Mouse Guards for winter storage of the beehives to prevent mice from entering.  Also, watch as we harvest over 150 pounds of summer and fall...

Frame Video Q & A, Making Small Hive Beetle Trap

Aug 25, 2015 | Beehive, Framing, Woodworking

Here’s a quick Q & A of the frame building video and mounting works on paper without using glass. There were a lot of questions and comments on using wood glue instead of archival glue for this project and hear thoughts on that.   Also, learn to make a small...

My Bees Swarmed, My Swarm Trap & A Short Art Talk

Jun 8, 2015 | Beehive, Home & Garden, In The Studio, Special Projects

Here’s a video on my bees swarming and the swarm trap I made to catch them in the future.  Also, check out the two still life paintings I made that were inspired by the artists Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud.  You can also see some of their famous...

Shade & Water For the Bees

May 29, 2015 | Beehive

It’s been really hot and dry in NJ this spring and the bees need some shade and extra water.  Here’s an idea that should work...

How to Make Top Bars for a Top Bar Hive

May 28, 2015 | Beehive

Here’s a video on making additional bars for the top bar beehives.

Top Bar Beehive Update – May 2015

May 19, 2015 | Beehive, Uncategorized

Check out progress on the top bar beehives in this video. They’re looking really good but there is one bar where the comb is growing on both sides.  You’ll see a picture of that below.   Would love any feedback you have about might be going on....

Shop Organization + Q & A on the Welding Storage Table

May 6, 2015 | Beehive, Home & Garden, In The Studio

A quick video on some shop clean organization and Q&A on the welding storage table video from last week….plus a look at the beehives.  There’s a ton of activity and a lot of pollen in the...

Build a Top Bar Beehive – The Short Version

Apr 13, 2015 | Beehive, Home & Garden, Woodworking

Here’s the shortened version of the Top Bar Beehive build. Enjoy and you can also see the expanded versions of each step of the build. ebay Store...

Build a Top Bar Beehive – Part 2

Mar 28, 2015 | Beehive, Design Plans, Home & Garden, Woodworking

Here’s Part 2 of the Top Bar Beehive build….check out the video and the design plans below.  The roof is attached to the new hive and the project is completed....

Putting New Bees in Top Bar Beehive

Mar 26, 2015 | Beehive, Home & Garden, Special Projects

The new bees arrived today (March 25th)…a little early,  given the cold weather and not really ready for them yet, but here’s a video on putting the bees into the new Top Bar hives that were just built.  If all goes well and they make it through the next...