Done Building Hives for the Season
- At April 11, 2015
- By Jake
- In beehives
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I’ve finished my hive-building for this year’s beekeeping season. For anyone interested in purchasing a hive for the next season, please contact me (info@thewagnerwoodworks.com), and I’ll take down your information to let you know when I start making hives again. It likely won’t be until December 2015 or so.
Read More»Entrance Reducers & Mouse Guards
- At January 28, 2015
- By Jake
- In beehives, for the garden
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For the hands-off bee-haver like myself, the Warre hive requires very little management: clear snow from the entrance in the winter, nadir (add to the bottom) a box or two in the spring, harvest a box or two from the top in the spring or fall (I prefer spring), keep vegetation cut around the hive, eyeball the hives from time to time to ensure healthy activity, and feed if necessary. Oh, and install and remove entrance reducers or mouse guards.
Read More»Embracing Sketchup
- At January 24, 2015
- By Jake
- In in the shop, tools
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Growing up, I always wanted to be an architect. During my teenage years I was lucky enough to take some drafting and CAD classes in high school, in addition to learning ray-tracing and 3D Studio. At the time the technology was somewhat new and quite expensive. After high school I took a much different path and it was many years until I’d mess with computer graphic software.
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