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I need to build a new small honey house this fall/winter. I run approximately 250 colonies, and I want this to be my LAST honey house. I am particulalry interested in getting advice on floor matreials and finishes, wall materials and finishes, floor drains, unloading doors/platforms, and ventilation to cool yet exclude and/or remove bees. This will primarily be a DIY project,but I have a lot of experience building and renovating houses. I do not need a hot room. We just finished extracting in 100 degree heat and the honey really flows in those conditions. I want it bee-tight, beetle proof (as possible), and easy to clean.
My preliminary thoughts are to build on a concrete slab with partial concrete block walls (2-3 feet)for washing and sanitation), capped with either stud walls and truss roof or metal walls and roof.
Let me know what you think,
Bill Lord
Louisburg, NC
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