Build a cathedral hive

[Nate]

I’m looking for how to build one. Anyone have instructions of this? Haven’t been able to find one without buying for it. I’ve seen a little on YouTube, but I need to be able read it. Army times have made my ears shot. Takes for any help.

[Eva]

Hey Nate, welcome to the forum and thank you for your service!

I was curious to know what a cathedral hive is, so I looked it up and just happened to find an old post from this forum -

Cathedral Hive New

Well winter is officially here, another few inches of snow this weekend, so I’m stuck hoping the bees survive, and spending my bee energy working on equipment, and trying other fun ideas. I’ve nearly completed a Cathedral hive, just for the fun of building it, and it looks very good so far. [IMG_0027] For my design, I modified the frames slightly from the original top bar cathedral design, to be complete frames similar to a lang. Should make inspections quite simple. The main bar of the fr…

I haven’t seen @sbaillie in awhile but you can try PMing him about the plans - good luck!