When the apiary begins to grow, the beekeeper needs to decide how best to organize its maintenance. The most modern type The hives used in a large apiary are cassette. Mobile bee pavilions, formed from several hives, have a number of undoubted advantages. Read on in the review to learn how to create this design with your own hands according to the drawings and how to work with it.
Pros and cons of cassette beekeeping
The cassette system is a covered pavilion. It can be stationary or placed in a trailer to a car. The second one is convenient to transport and place closer to flowering honey plants. This allows you to significantly increase bribes.
The pavilion is divided into sections. In each of them, as in a regular hive, slats are attached on which cassettes are installed, which perform the same function as the body of a regular bee house. The cassette can be designed for 8, 10 or 12 frames. The design can be made for frames of any size. The distance between the cassette walls and the mounting height of the slats depend on the size of the frames used.
Ventilation holes and tap holes are made on the outer wall of the cassette. The wall that is located inside the pavilion structure can be separate for each cassette or common. The second type is convenient if you need to simultaneously prevent varroa or assess the condition of bee colonies.
- Advantages of a cassette-type pavilion:
- there is no need to build a winter hut: due to the microclimate created in the pavilion, the bees maintain the temperature quite comfortably and winter well;
- convenient for storing additional frames or equipment, for which the upper part of the structure can be used;
- easy to move and transport the entire apiary at the same time;
- saves space for installing an apiary;
- allows you to increase the volume of honey collection;
- allows you to maintain a more comfortable microclimate for bees;
- allows the bee colony to develop faster;
- reduces the risk of swarming;
- makes it easier to maintain the apiary and care for the bees.
Types of cassette pavilions
There may not be many design differences between cassette pavilions. They are divided into stationary and mobile. Secondary differences are the size, the material from which they are made, the presence of heating, lighting and design features cassettes.
Did you know?Cassette hives, made of wood and impregnated with wax, show lower incidence of bee diseases than other types of structures.
Any type of structure should be placed with the long side facing southwest or southeast. The roof can be single or gable. The second one is more convenient, since snow does not accumulate on it in winter. A distinctive feature of a stationary building is that it is installed on a foundation. And mobile is that it is installed on a chassis.
Mobile
The mobile pavilion is a house in which there are 2 rows of hives (cassettes), united common roof. WITH inside There is a passage between the hives for servicing the apiary. The structure is installed on a chassis. This could be a trailer from a car, in which the bottom and chassis are preserved, the sides are removed and a frame (frame) is made on which the entire pavilion will be mounted. To make the structure stable, it will be mounted on a welded frame. The cladding is made of chipboard or other materials.
Stationary
The stationary cassette design is no different in functionality from the mobile one. But it is installed on the foundation. The advantages of a stationary building are that it can provide lighting, plumbing and heating for heating in winter. This is a definite plus in regions with frosty winters. Communications facilitate the maintenance of the apiary: water supply, heating, electricity.
Important!Hives made of aspen and linden require additional insulation in winter.
It can also include side windows. Bees do not need lighting in the corridor between the hives, but it helps the beekeeper in working with the cassettes. Here you can also organize good air exchange and equip a place to store frames and other equipment.
Construction of a cassette pavilion for bees with your own hands
Building a cassette bee hut is similar to how you would build a barn. If you have decided on the main question: whether it will be stationary or cassette, then you will next need to draw up a drawing. The next stage is calculating the amount of materials required and thinking through the nuances. Then a foundation is installed, a frame is created, and it is sheathed with boards or other materials. They are also installing windows, a roof, a door, and finishing work on the utility room.
Partitions are installed inside, dividing the room into compartments. Each of them contains cassettes. For a trailer, their total number will be no more than 60. The size of the cassette module is taken based on the size of the frame. For example, 450 x 300 mm.
The cassette module is, in its structure, multi-body hive. Cassettes with frames are installed inside. They rely on cassette decks
Each cassette is a box. There are frame guides inside the box. A tap hole is made on the front panel. Back wall- this is a removable panel with latches. The upper part of the cassette is limited by a sheet of plywood - the ceiling.
Required tools and materials
To build a mobile pavilion, you need a car trailer, and for a stationary one, you need a foundation on which it will be installed.
Tools needed:
- welding machine for welding the frame;
- wood saw;
- hacksaw;
- jigsaw;
- measuring instruments;
- drill-driver;
- hammer.
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Materials needed:
- boards;
- slate and roofing felt for the roof;
- cement, crushed stone and sand for the foundation of a stationary structure;
- nails, screws;
- Styrofoam;
- roofing felt or nylon mesh with cells from 2.5 to 3 mm.
Blueprints
One section holds about 6-7 compartments. The internal dimensions are assumed to be equal to the dimensions of the frames. For example, 450 x 375 x 240 mm. One cassette includes 8 or 10 frames. The tolerance is 5 mm. It is designed to make it easy to remove and install frames.. Wall thickness - 25 or 35 mm. They are connected into a straight tenon or using self-tapping screws. The tenon connection avoids distortions. Folds may be provided to connect the elements together.
It is preferable to make the structure from whole boards. They are processed on a planer to precise dimensions. It is acceptable to use soft wood: linden, aspen, pine. Larch is unsuitable due to its fragility. It may crack when dry.
Rebates are made in the walls of the cassettes for the hangers of the frames. Width - 11 mm, depth - 17 mm. To work with the wall located inside the pavilion, handles can be provided. WITH outside tapholes must be drilled. There may be 1 or 2 of them.
Basic principles of installation work
There are not many basic installation requirements:
- fire safety, since the building is made of dry wood;
- the presence of thermal insulation and protection from moisture.
When calculating the size, consider the convenience for the beekeeper. The height of the structure should allow you to move freely without bending down. And the passage between two sections must be at least 0.5 m, for convenient turning of a person with equipment or frames.
Video: DIY bee pavilion
The sequence of work will be as follows:
- Installation of the frame.
- Formation of separate compartments.
- Lighting installation.
- Installation of thermal insulation and sheathing.
The compartments are placed in one direction. The lighting is dimmed so that it is enough for the beekeeper to inspect the cassettes. You can also place cabinets for equipment or a change room in the room.
Important!Provide in the pavilion folding table for working with cassettes and frames.
Frame making
During assembly mobile version The pavilion uses a trailer for a passenger car. Its bottom is a welded metal structure. A plank floor is laid on it. At the front of this platform there is a drawbar, which allows it to be attached to the vehicle during transport. The main frame is made of metal. It structurally resembles a house, which has metal buildings connected by metal belts. The roof of the structure is also metal carcass followed by plating.
The rear part of the frame, together with the door, can be thrown down when you need to go inside. When moving, it is fixed by constipation. You can also do it in a sliding format based on the principle of a wardrobe. The length of the trailer is 10 m. To calculate the number of sections, take into account the width of your frames.
To ensure that the sections do not move, they can be attached to the metal bottom of the trailer. If the frame is made of wood, then take a 6 x 7 cm beam for the supports. Vertical supports are sheathed with boards or chipboards. To avoid wood contact with moisture, wooden elements painted over. Sheathing with roofing felt will help create protection from moisture.
Foam plastic, hardboard or other materials can be used as insulation. Inside the pavilion you can use chipboard slabs to make partitions. Internal partitions between sections can be made of polystyrene foam or sewn on to insulate the hives.
Roof construction
The roof is made of boards. You can provide only a roof or install it with an attic. Use foam for covering. It serves as thermal insulation with a noise reduction effect. The roof is covered with roofing felt and sheet iron or slate.
Location of sections and feeders
To fasten sections (cassettes) on vertical posts, attach wooden blocks on which these sections will be installed. Each of them is a box for frames, which consists of 2 side walls, front and back walls and a bottom.
Important!There should be a 10 mm gap between the cassette and any wall. If the gap is reduced, the bees will cover it with propolis, and it will be difficult to remove the cassette, but if it is increased, they begin to build honeycombs there.
Such a drawer will slide out along guides that are packed on frame racks. Tap holes are made in the front part of the structure. Diameter - 2.5 mm. A tap hole is placed at the bottom. Length - 12 mm.
External walls are treated with wax. It is the safest for insects and does not contain harmful substances. One cabinet is enough to contain one bee colony. If you insert a piece of plywood into the grooves, you can divide the house vertically into 2 families. The parts are assembled with screws to make it convenient to separate them if repairs are required. It is advisable to fill the cassette with a seal around the perimeter to ensure a tight seal.
The back wall must be removable. Ventilation holes are made on it and covered with mesh. If you make a viewing window covered with mesh, you can inspect the section without opening or disturbing the bees. A layer of thermal insulation is replaced on its internal or external parts. The gap between the cassettes and the ventilation holes ensure that the air temperature remains stable.
At the top of the cassette they make ceiling. It can be inserted into the grooves that are provided on the sides of the main body. Each section can accommodate a feeder.
Ventilation
Ventilation is provided by normal ventilation through windows or doors. help exchange air. You can also install 2 pipes in the roof, organizing supply and exhaust ventilation. This will help create constant air exchange if you do not provide windows in the pavilion design.
Performing thermal insulation in the bee pavilion
Bees are perfectly adapted to the temperatures inside the wood cavity. After all, they have been living this way for several million years. Side walls individual wood cavities with an average wall thickness of more than 30 cm have a heat transfer resistance of at least 2.045 m²K/W. This value even meets thermal insulation standards for residential buildings.
Did you know?It is preferable to paint hives in White color. Bees remember it better. It is also important that white color reflects Sun rays and prevents the structure from overheating in summer.
Besides, honeycomb structures themselves are heat insulators. Therefore, they insulate the hive not so much because temperature regime, how much due to the fight against humidity and temperature changes.
Thermal insulation of thin-walled bee hives many times lower than that of tree cavities. To enhance the thermal insulation properties, the structure is sheathed thermal insulation materials. This may be foam or other material.
Manufacturing of the mobile beehouse "Berendey"
The Berendey pavilion can be stationary or mobile. In any case, its basis will be a welded structure. The type of channel used for it is 120 mm. For the legs of the stationary model, pipes are taken. Support plates are sheet metal. The frame must be painted to protect it from moisture. A wooden floor is laid on a metal base. Thickness - 40–50 mm.
The frame is made of timber measuring 60 x 70 mm. The pavilion is covered with boards. Waterproofing with roofing felt is required for both walls, floors and ceilings. The insulation layer must be at least 10 cm. The roof must be sheathed with metal.
The compartments themselves are separated by chipboard sheets. There are grooves inside for placing horizontal partitions. There must be a net between the compartments so that bees from different families do not mix. Cassettes are installed on slats. The depth and other parameters of the cassettes depend on the frames and their number. Additionally, there is a folding table inside. It is needed to organize apiary maintenance: work with frames and cassettes.
Video: Cassettes for the Berendey pavilion
frames and replace them periodically. IN large families To keep the bees busy, install 2 frames with foundation and remove one already built honeycomb. It can be used as a spare when collecting abundant honey or creating layering.
Decor
Most safe method treatment of structures from the inside - wax. It disinfects and does not allow fungal diseases or mold to develop. The outside of the house is being painted. This allows the bees to better navigate, protects from moisture, and also makes the structure more elegant.
Beekeeper's closet
A utility room is needed to store equipment. In addition, spare frames can be stored there. But if there is not enough space, then the frames are stored in the upper part of the pavilion and are limited only to creating a folding one.
Insulation
A beekeeper cannot control thermoregulation within a hive hive overwintering, but can influence heat loss in two significant ways: by keeping the air still or by adding insulation to the hive body to retain some of the heat. In a natural wood cavity, insulation is provided by the surrounding wood mass. The walls of the hive are much thinner, so they are sheathed with insulation when building the structure.
The point is not only, but also to obtain the maximum amount of honey with the least amount of labor. And cassette hives are precisely created in order to save space on the site and provide managed care behind the apiary and get more honey by placing the hives closer to the honey plants. Therefore, beginners are advised to start working with more simple designs, gradually increasing the number of families. Cassette hives should be used by those who already have experience working with an apiary.
Any self-respecting beekeeper wants to make his work easier, as well as increase the productivity of his apiary. Many of them thought about making a pavilion for bees with their own hands. On the Internet and in special magazines, there have long been ready-made instructions and drawings. Regardless of the size of the apiary, over time there will be a need to optimize the space. The construction of a bee pavilion is perfect solution in the current situation, because it can accommodate several dozen hives, and it takes up quite a bit of space. The design features will ensure optimal temperature in the pavilion, so such a structure does not require auxiliary insulation.
Today, completely new prospects have opened up in this area. Agriculture- pavilion keeping of bees has gained popularity. This invention attracted many admirers and positive feedback, which indicates its effectiveness. Having invented a stationary pavilion for bees, the designers did not stop and developed an identical design, only moving.
“Bee houses on wheels” can replace conventional hives and apiaries, and thereby increase the level of honey collection. They differ from stationary ones in that they make it possible to travel around all the blooming honey-bearing places. Planting layering, apiaries for the hundredth honey collection, collecting royal jelly, as well as the work of a mobile carrier - a large number of options for progress in this direction have opened beekeeping to beekeepers using pavilions.
To regulate knowledge, it is necessary to divide structures by their type. The only measure is mobility:
- Fixed
- Mobile
To equip a stationary bee pavilion with a moving platform, considerable costs will be required. Therefore, you need to immediately figure out the choice of the right pavilion in order to purchase it or make it yourself.
The benefits of a bee pavilion are difficult to underestimate. This is a special room, which can be mobile, movable, or stationary, where hives are located. A solution that helps save space, increase productivity, simplify care, and prepare for wintering. Every beekeeper should master such constructions of any pavilion. Regardless of his skill level.
Each such pavilion for bees has advantages. Disadvantages are possible. You can purchase a finished product. But many beekeepers prefer to build them themselves, using the remains of an old van or trailer. This gives you a chance to create a mobile apiary and move it to places where the best honey plants grow.
The features of the products are obvious. Thanks to them, it is possible to achieve improvements in the following indicators:
- high bribes due to movement to places of large concentration of flowering honey plants;
- collecting various varieties of honey;
- simple pumping;
- saving space in the apiary;
- simple care of bee colonies, maintenance of the premises itself.
Kinds
Such pavilions for bees cannot be called a new product. Two dozen hives occupy several hundred square meters of usable land. own plot. Having such a hotel mobile premises, 20 bee houses are compactly placed on an area of several square meters. Every family is separated wooden partition. The hives are reliably protected from snow, rain, wind and are easily insulated for wintering.
There are several types:
Cassette pavilion
Today there are several known manufacturers of cassette pavilions for bees. They are designed to support different numbers of families (from 15 to 50). The pavilion can accommodate 16 families and can even be moved on a trailer. passenger car. To avoid unnecessary costs, it is not difficult to make such a room yourself. There are not many drawings, but they will help with self-creation pavilion
The number of sections must be compared with the number of hives. Experienced beekeepers do not recommend using such structures for no more than 20 hives. With a large number of colonies, bees begin to interfere with each other.
Stationary pavilion
This type is often used to save space on the site and ease of care, access to hives and families. A stationary pavilion for bees is made of wood or other materials with exceptional thermal insulation qualities. This structure provides for the presence of a stove or heaters that can maintain the optimal temperature during the cold season. Such a solution makes it possible to create strong families and get large yields.
The installation of a stationary structure is carried out away from human habitats and fields for walking livestock. There are several options for constructing stationary bee “dormitories”. This depends on the number of hives and the location of the apiary.
Preparation for the construction of the pavilion
Before creating such a structure, you must carefully select the type, determine the dimensions, and study the drawings. Without a thorough approach, it will not be possible to take the process seriously.
On preparatory stage also worth considering:
- number of families, optimally up to 20 for one room;
- for a stationary one, carefully choose a place closer to where honey plants grow and away from noise;
- prepare material and tools.
Properly constructed bee housing makes it possible to optimize difficult process honey production in the apiary. It is enough to open the entrance to start the active work of the worker bee.
How to make it yourself
Cassette pavilion "Berendey"
A beekeeper, regardless of his experience, is thinking about making a pavilion for bees with his own hands. The solution will make his work easier and will provide an opportunity to increase the productivity of the apiary. Initially, stationary buildings were created. Today, old vans and trailers are actively used. The solution significantly increases the level of honey yield of individual apiaries and industrial production.
Regardless of whether the pavilion is planned to be mobile or stationary, preference should be given to cassette pavilions. They can be installed permanently on site, mounted on a trailer, or retrofitted into an old van. But it is the cassette ones that make it possible to optimize the work of the beekeeper, minimizing the process of caring for the apiary as a whole and for each family at any time of the year.
Blueprints
All beekeepers know that the more a worker bee flies around the honey plants, the higher the bribes will be. Therefore, it is beneficial to have mobile pavilions. They can be mounted on a car trailer and transported from one flowering field to another. The presented drawings will give more insight into how to implement the idea.
After creating the drawing, you can begin the main work. It is better to do it in such a way that there is a passage in the center and enough height. This will make it easier for the owner to care for bees and hives. It must move freely inside with the honey extractor in its hands, which means the passage width is at least 90 cm.
Decor
Wanting to create ideal conditions for families, the beekeeper must be patient, have the desire and necessary tool. There are not many drawings on the Internet, so you can use the drawings of the Berendey pavilion as a basis and reproduce it yourself.
The lighting system should be thought out at the drawing stage.
Beekeeper's closet
The beekeeper has to for a long time is located near its apiary and moves with it. Often the owner accompanies families throughout the season. He needs proper rest and a point to realize the harvest. Therefore, it is necessary to provide such places in this building. This is ideally thought out in the Berendey model. Even with minimal dimensions, there is enough space for everyone. 
The beekeeper's area is located at the front or end of the trailer so as not to place additional load on the trailer axle.
Insulation
The wall and floor are made double to fill the space with insulation. This solution will help save the apiary from overheating in the summer and ensure optimal conditions in winter. If you use OSB panels, then you don’t have to think through the insulation. They already have a layer of insulation inside.
Advantages and disadvantages
Throughout this topic, the benefits are clearly visible. But there are no shortcomings. They exist, although not so many.
- The hives in the pavilions are located close, almost close to each other. Bees can confuse houses.
- Almost the entire structure is assembled from flammable materials. In a dangerous situation, all this flares up and burns out instantly. It will not be possible to save the bees. Chemicals scare away bees.
Most modern beekeepers strive to optimize their business to reduce costs. This takes beekeeping to a new, higher level.
Experienced beekeepers, in order to save time and space in their own apiary, try to use bee pavilions. They can be of several types, namely mobile and stationary. Before using such an idea, you need to weigh all the pros and cons and understand the design drawings.
Design idea
Drawing. General form pavilion1 - wheel; 2 - platform; 3 - box; 4 — brake system; 5 — electrical equipment system; 7 — hive compartments; 8 - room for the beekeeper; 9 — service ladder; 10 - roof covering; 11 — hatch; 12 — exhaust shaft; 13 — tap hole; 14 — vertical separator; 15 — arrival board; 16 - window; 17 — entrance slits; 18 - volumetric figures; 19 — horizontal separator; 20 - technological ladder.
Mobile and stationary pavilions for bee families will help save space in the apiary. In addition, with their help you can make wintering and keeping bees easier, as well as significantly increase the percentage of yield. You can build it yourself, but you will need special drawings. The mobile pavilion is mobile, so it can be easily moved to suitable places, for example, to flowering centers at certain times. When designing, you can use vans or truck trailers, drawing up a drawing of the device according to the appropriate size.
As for the stationary pavilion for bees, it does not have high mobility. It is not put on wheels. It is installed at a specific location in the apiary for a long period of time. The main purpose of the device is to facilitate the wintering and maintenance of bees, as well as to save space.
In beekeeping, there is a rule that implies that all bees must be completely safe, especially during the winter. Cassette pavilions are extremely popular. You can make them yourself. When constructing them, it is important to take into account the main features of the parameters of the automotive equipment acting as the tractor of the device. A self-made cassette pavilion for bees must fit into a van or trailer so that it remains free place for the work of a beekeeper (small room).
The cassette bee pavilion resembles a kind of chest of drawers, in which hives with bees are located in separate cabinets, independent of each other. Thus, the process of keeping and wintering bees is simplified, and it is easy for the beekeeper to carry out all the necessary activities. Cassette design can be easily moved to a specific area with honey plants. The beekeeper can do this manipulation independently, without using a face mask or a smoker.
Pros and cons
Beekeeping in pavilions has many advantages. Each of the bee families is in a separate cassette, so maintaining the apiary becomes easier. To inspect a family of bees, you do not need to disturb all the insects; it is enough to select one cassette of the pavilion. The amount of honey produced is significantly greater than that obtained from bees kept in other types of hives. This is explained by the fact that such pavilions can be easily moved to a place located close to a cluster of honey plants. Insects survive winter well in such structures.
Among the disadvantages, it should be noted that the families are too close to each other. They often confuse the hives, and queen bees get lost among the houses. Beekeepers may find it difficult to work due to the cramped hives.
When constructing a structure, it is necessary to take into account the number of families that will be contained in it. Professional beekeepers recommend sticking to the drawings and the dimensions indicated in them. It is necessary to consider the lighting, ventilation, and heating systems.
Before starting construction, you should prepare boards, plywood sheets, hardware, nails and other tools and materials. First, a metal frame is constructed, then the roof and walls of the pavilion are sheathed.
Kinds
There are mobile and non-mobile houses for keeping bee families. If it is important for the beekeeper to be able to move the pavilion to select areas with big amount honey collection, it’s better to choose mobile view. When the beekeeper allows his insects to take care of finding pollination sites on their own, a permanent pavilion can be set up.
Stationary
Mobile
This type of pavilion resembles a trailer. There is a beekeeper's pantry and beehives on it. It is recommended to arrange the beekeeper’s room in such a way that it has a passageway - this way the beekeeper will have easy access to the houses.
DIY making
You can construct a pavilion designed for bees with your own hands. First you need to select competent drawings and mini-schemes (shown below) that will meet all construction conditions:
- optimal trailer or van size;
- internal heating function;
- presence of living and working compartments;
- mandatory lighting of the passage located between the change house and the hive with bees;
- the presence of a folding platform and ladders;
- the main condition is ventilation, since without it unwanted dampness and mold will appear;
- luggage compartment - a kind of tier above the hives where the bees are located, as well as under the bottom of the device, they can be used to store all the necessary things and equipment;
- thermal insulation for walls and roofs, which can be constructed using a layer of various insulation materials.
Drawings of a mobile pavilion for 14 bee families
The number of sections must correspond to the parameters of the pavilion. Skilled beekeepers advise using no more than 20 sections, otherwise the bees will constantly interfere with each other.
First you need to assemble the body to divide it into the number of sections. They are allocated for placing frames according to construction plans. Then all the elements are assembled into a single device, covered with a roof. To do this, you will need certain experience and skill in working with various raw materials, namely metal, wood and other materials. If the device for bees will be placed in a van, then 3 tiers of hives should be mounted on 2 sides, leaving a passage between them for the beekeeper. For convenience, hatches or windows can be placed above the working passage to provide natural light. To get artificial light, you can use solar battery
, batteries and transformers. However, many beekeepers use simple flashlights. Wintering plays an important role in beekeeping, since the future harvest and the condition of bee families depend on it. In order for wintering to be successful, it is necessary to pay Special attention insulation of the structure. You can install the layer using the usual construction insulation . If you wish, you can use sheets of roofing felt, placing them above the floor and between the plywood ones. For a warmer winter in beekeeping they insulate front door
using roofing iron.
Considering the easy flammability of all materials, competent beekeepers do not recommend using fire indoors. Pavilions for bees are not complex design
, which even inexperienced beekeepers can build. The main thing is to correctly calculate the parameters of the room and use durable materials. If you wish, you can buy a ready-made structure or order its construction from professionals.
Beekeeping pavilions are divided into mobile and stationary. Each type has both its advantages and disadvantages. Any variety can be purchased ready-made.
Most often, beekeepers try to make mobile apiaries on their own based on trailers or vans, adjusting design drawings to their size.
Advantages of keeping bees in pavilions:
- Mobility. The mobile pavilion is easy to transport from one place to another.
- Space saving. The compact arrangement of the hives does not require a large area.
- Increased yield. This is facilitated by the ability to transport hives to new honey-bearing places depending on the time of flowering of plants, which ultimately increases the volume of honey by 2 times compared to a regular apiary.
- Obtaining different types of honey. During the season, a mobile apiary is installed in several places, which gives this result.
- Ease of maintenance and security. No bee pavilion required additional work for warming hives before wintering. You can work in any climatic conditions. A cassette hive is lighter and smaller than a regular hive, so one person can handle its movement.
Disadvantages of pavilion content:
- The proximity of the hives to each other. This can cause bees to confuse their homes.
- Increased fire hazard. The structure is assembled from flammable materials, and in the event of a fire, it will not be possible to save all families.
Pavilion breeding of bees optimizes the maintenance of families and minimizes labor costs promising direction in beekeeping.
Cassette pavilion
The most popular among beekeepers for keeping bees is the cassette bee pavilion “Berendey”. It is designed like a cabinet with drawers(cassettes), where each hive occupies its own niche.
Factory pavilions "Berendey" are made in three types for 16, 32, 46 families. They can be either stationary or mobile. Thus, a structure for 16 families can be transported on a car trailer. “Berendey” is assembled from 1, 2, 3, 4 plywood sections. The frame of each section is two-layer with foam between plywood sheets. One section includes 8 risers with external partitions. Each riser has 9 cassettes, which are designed to support two families, and it is also possible to place 2 nuclear units on the 9th level. Therefore, the Berendey pavilion is also used for bee breeding.
The equipment of the risers requires the presence of hinged doors (5 doors per riser). One door gives access to two cassettes. The door walls are transparent and equipped ventilation holes, allowing you to monitor families without disturbing them. Feeders are located on each door and serve as additional ventilation. Each of the 9 levels has a tap hole. An anti-varroa mesh is placed under all risers. 
The cassette has robust construction and light weight (430 g without frames). It is calculated that the cassette will contain 8 frames (43.5 by 23 cm). When bees fill the frames with honey, the weight of one cassette reaches 12 kg.
The gap between the cassettes is maintained at 1.5 cm so that the bees cannot glue two cassettes located one above the other, which would make it difficult to remove them.
Stationary pavilion
Open stationary pavilion
A fixed pavilion is made of wood or other materials that can retain heat well. The temperature is maintained by the built-in brick oven or electric heaters what is the most convenient option. The peculiarity of stationary pavilions is that by maintaining optimal temperature bee colonies there are very strong and are able to collect large amounts of nectar. 
The permanent pavilion is built on a dry site, away from people and livestock grazing. For middle zone It is important to side walls the structures were facing southeast and southwest.
The floor in the building must be perfectly dry; most often it is concreted, since the structure is installed for a long time and must be reliable.
Self-made pavilion
The mobile apiary "Berendey" and other mobile pavilions have a complex design, but using the drawings on the basis of which such a pavilion has already been built, you can make it yourself.
Drawings must take into account a number of requirements:
- match the size of the van, trailer and provide easy access to each hive;
- provide the opportunity to equip household premises;
- provide for internal heating and the use of thermal insulation materials;
- organize lighting and ventilation.
The roof of the building is made both flat and sloping. Bearing structures for the roof are made from steel profiles or wooden planks with a thickness of at least 2 cm. An option with a folding roof is possible.
Pavilion with dimensions
The beekeeper's workplace can be located at the beginning of the van, in the center or at the end. But if the trailer was extended, so as not to create a load on the rear axle, the cabin is located at the beginning of the structure. Hatches are installed in the roof or windows are made for natural light. In mobile pavilions, ordinary lights are often used for work.
The walls and floor are made double with a layer of insulation. In winter this saves you from frost, and in summer it prevents you from overheating.
From the floor to the roof, sectional partitions are attached to the side walls with the condition that each section is designed for 5 or more buildings made of 12 frames measuring 43.5 by 30 cm. All buildings have the same inner dimensions 45 by 45 cm.
Under each section, a sub-hull with a built-in subframe is installed on the floor to collect debris and as protection against ticks.
The walls are painted different bright colors(green, yellow, blue, white) to make it easier for bees to find their hive.
The hives are placed on two sides of the van in 2 or 3 tiers. There must be a free passage between the hives so that there is no interference during work.
Making the Berendey pavilion yourself
It is not easy to build a cassette pavilion for bees with your own hands, since you need to provide for a lot of nuances and subtleties. To prevent bees from interfering with each other and getting confused, beekeepers recommend not installing more than 20 compartments.
In order to make a pavilion like “Berendey” you will need following materials:
- Fiberboard (fibreboard) soft and hard;
- wooden boards;
- roofing felt, roofing felt;
- roofing material;
- metal grid.
The equipment of the Berendey pavilion includes the following elements:
- roof with ventilation holes;
- anti-mite grille, upper and lower;
- central tapholes, slotted tapholes;
- arrival boards;
- support posts;
- runners and doors.
- Work on the construction of the Berendey pavilion begins with the construction of a metal or wooden frame. The walls, ceiling and floor of the created frame are covered with boards. Then, to make the structure resistant to cold weather, the boards are covered with roofing felt and upholstered with fiberboard.
- The beekeeper's working area is separated either by boards or a solid fiberboard slab, which provides two entrances.
- The roof is covered roofing material with a layer of insulation.
- Partitions with slides are made of wood.
- Wood, fiberboard, and plywood are suitable for making cassettes. A cassette is a box, 45 cm wide, 45 cm long and 37.5 cm high, with a tap hole on the front wall.
- The number of frames in cassettes and the size of the cassettes themselves when self-construction The pavilion is determined by the beekeeper himself. The versatility of the design gives the beekeeper great opportunities to demonstrate independence.
