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RE: Making A Complete Beehive From Scrap Pallets - How To Series; Part Two - Hive Box
Wow! It never occured to me to make beehives out of pallets! Cool!
Does it worry you that there may be chemicals on the wood itself? Either wood treatment or spills of whatever was stacked on them?
Or do you have a good supply of clean pallets?
Either way, great work! Looking at the end result, you would never guess those were made of pallets! ♥
Thank you! We have a great local supply of pallets that are extremely clean. There are some pallets that may be pressure treated but because you are removing so much of surface area here, anything that was on it is likely gone. Plus, bees naturally coat the inside with a wax/ propolis combination that will seal anything that would have possibly remained. So, from our research, there seems to be no reason for concern for the use of pallets. Thanks so much for reading!
I was going to ask this same question, and the answer totally makes sense. Bees build hives just about anywhere in real life, not much stops them
Good points!
Yes I have heard they sometimes spray them with dihydrogen oxide.