Maintenance Tips

Each beekeeper wants his beehives to be kept in good shape. However, intense use causes daily exposure to harsh conditions in a beehive, resulting in a gradual deterioration.

A great role for the protection of the beehive plays the correct way of preserving the beekeeper. As well as the environment in which a beehive is hosted by bees.

Giving great importance to all them, every beekeeper does everything to avoid looking for his next beehives soon...

The proper natural environment for the beehives as well as the proper behaviour in the use of the beehives is not enough, however, when it comes to increasing the lifespan in a wooden beehive.

Wooden beehives have their own requirements. Making bee honey into them means bees will be housed in the closest environment with a natural beehive.

From the construction to the painting of wood beehives, a detailed procedure is followed. The wooden materials used in making the beehive are sophisticated by passing through special treatment to yield the benefits of the natural properties of the wood.

For this reason, an incredibly effective way to keep a beehive is the right Beehive Finish that greatly enhances its resistance to wear.

For an effective beehive finish, we recommend immersion in boiling paraffin oil. The apply of paraffin oil to wood blocks the pores and helps strengthen its waterproofing. The wooden beehive is thus shielded against rain and humidity.

Alternatively, some beekeepers opt for immersion in boiled linseed oil. Because linoleum has a slow drying time, it does not leave cracks or breaks on the surface of the beehive wood over time (unlike the other oils). In this way, the durability of the wooden cell is enhanced and the lifespan is increased.

Applying linseed oil due to sticking to the wood up to 1mm in the wooden hive is recommended to be repeated for three times in order to make the application more efficient.

If desired, you can finish the final coating of the wooden beehive using a water or ripolin paint. We propose that the water-based ripolin of water on the surface of the wooden beehive be done in two repetitions for the best possible application.

Otherwise, it is equally effective to spread the wooden beehive with the classic oil paint. In this way, the wooden beehive will gain an excellent exterior configuration.