Knotty Boxes

04/14/2026

If you think bears can be hard on bee colonies, you should see what a war zone does to them... Beehives destroyed in a village outside Kharkiv Ukraine

07/20/2025

Knotty Boxes Brood factories.

07/05/2025

Knotty Boxes 4-frame "brood factory" hive coated with TotalBoat https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=total%20boat clear gloss water based Halcyon varnish. The 5-frame nuc box at it's base is coated in their amber gloss varnish. All knots, cracks, and the frame shelfs, are epoxied with TotalBoat epoxies.

Mike Palmer's "brood factory" is two vertical 4-frame resource hives on a divided 10-frame base and bottom board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz3FdRX127k&t=12s

07/05/2025

Finished the "brood factory" boxes for the Falcon yard.

Knotty Boxes 4-frame "brood factory" hive painted with Benjamin Moore Advance waterborne interior/exterior alkyd. I love this paint! Prior to painting, all knots, cracks, and the frame shelfs, are epoxied with TotalBoat epoxies.

Mike Palmer's "brood factory" is two vertical 4-frame resource hives on a divided 10-frame base and bottom board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz3FdRX127k&t=12s

05/22/2025

Sold my first bees this week.

Sold my first nuc this week.

05/17/2025

Brood factory boxes ready for final sanding and paint.

05/09/2025

Finished up a batch of 5-frame nucs and started 24 4-frame nucs for my "brood factory".

04/21/2025

I'll be splitting hives tomorrow.

04/21/2025

Drone emerging.

04/20/2025

With Pueblo County Beekeeping Association – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

04/19/2025

Step 1: Allow boards to dry.
Step 2: Fill all knots, cracks, and voids with marine-grade penetrating epoxy.