{"id":768,"date":"2024-06-24T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T06:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/?p=768"},"modified":"2024-07-08T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:29:09","slug":"time-for-new-gable-roofs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"Time for New Gable Roofs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wood doesn&#8217;t last forever in the elements. But a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honeyflow.com\/products\/gabled-roof\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.honeyflow.com\/products\/gabled-roof\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gabled roof<\/a>, sloped to let the rain run off, should increase the longevity of my bee hives&#8217; roofs. <br><br>Flow Hive gabled roofs come as kits. Cedar from HoneyFlow.com guides you through assembly in this online video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3CtrQOn0VQU\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3CtrQOn0VQU<\/a> <br><br>I also followed the recommendation to paint the roofs with an exterior paint to help them last longer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:590px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-769\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/new-tops-on-hives-1004x1024.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/new-tops-on-hives-1004x1024.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/new-tops-on-hives-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/new-tops-on-hives-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/new-tops-on-hives-1506x1536.jpg 1506w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/new-tops-on-hives-2007x2048.jpg 2007w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/new-tops-on-hives.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">End result: new gable roofs<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:919px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-770\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/disintegrating-top-768x1024.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/disintegrating-top-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/disintegrating-top-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/disintegrating-top-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/disintegrating-top-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/disintegrating-top-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Before: the old, deteriorated cover<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:1425px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-773\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gable-624x1024.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gable-624x1024.jpg 624w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gable-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gable-768x1260.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gable-936x1536.jpg 936w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gable-1248x2048.jpg 1248w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gable.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">assembling the roofs<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:864px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-771\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unpainted-top-768x1024.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unpainted-top-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unpainted-top-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unpainted-top-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unpainted-top-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unpainted-top-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">almost done&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:850px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-772\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/top-of-bee-hives-768x1024.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/top-of-bee-hives-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/top-of-bee-hives-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/top-of-bee-hives-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/top-of-bee-hives-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/top-of-bee-hives-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">after first coat of exterior paint<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wood doesn&#8217;t last forever in the elements. But a gabled roof, sloped to let the rain run off, should increase the longevity of my bee hives&#8217; roofs. Flow Hive gabled roofs come as kits. Cedar from HoneyFlow.com guides you through assembly in this online video https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3CtrQOn0VQU I also followed the recommendation to paint the roofs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,69],"tags":[36,68,73,67],"class_list":["post-768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flow-hive","category-roof","tag-flow-hive","tag-gabled","tag-honey-flow","tag-roof"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":775,"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldenglowbees.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}