On Nov 20, 12:58 pm, wesleyn n.r.wesley@brightonDOTacDOTuk wrote:
Hi there,

For those that haven't seen my previous post my name is Neil, I am a
Product Design student at Brighton University.

It is very true that I know very little about beekeeping, nothing
before 2 weeks ago in fact. However, the local beekeepers I have spoken
to, and the fact that most replies on the forums I have posted have said
they are not afraid of bees leads me to think that a home beehive is not
a completely ludicrous idea.

It doesn't matter too much for the project in any case. The major
aspect of the project is the emotions a person might recieve from the
product I design. A fear of bees is not too uncommon, therefore my
design will attempt to give people a positive emotion to counteract
this negative one, it could be fun, playful, or friendly, or maybe have
a calming, soothing influence.

I have done a number of concept sketches, if you are interested follow
the link to photobucket to view them, I would be very interested to
hear what you think, particularly which design you would most like to
have in your own garden - and why if you have the time and inclination.
From this I can make a choice of which to develope further. Please try
to view each design independent of its colour, as that can be altered
easily, although any comment of colour will be very useful.

Photobucket link:http://tinyurl.com/283g8x

Thankyou very much for taking the time to read this and reply.

--
wesleyn

Check out Brushy Mountain Bee Farm's "Cottage Hive" . I doubt you can
improve on Lorenzo Langstroth.