Count me as interested in a class!
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given the number of hive designs I have seen - making the hive in the woodshop would be an amazing group event.
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I have a hive at home. Iām interested.
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I have a library book on making beekeepeeng equipment.
Beesource.com has a good set of plans for various beekeeping equipment. I donāt recommend making frames: too many jigs and setups to make it worthwhile on the small scale of the hobbyist and frames are cheap to buy.
Making boxes makes sense, but care needs to be taken to remain compatible with commercial equipment. Maintaining ābee spaceā is the key to successful bed boxes, and some of the measurements are non-obvious.
I would be interested in this. Bees are my spirit animal.
Lastly @Adam_Oas you officially made me smirk - your jokes are almost dad joke level.
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Iāve got two beehives at my house in Grapevineā¦I built the hives from a kit but Brian builds really nice hive boxes here at Makerspace. Looks like thereās no lack of interest hereā¦we can tie in a class with biodynamic gardening in the spring.
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If you end up with honey, Iām sure the brewing group would be willing to refine it to mead 
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Not to fond of Mead, but a friend use some of my honey to make a Honey Porter (beer) was rather goodā¦
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wow! we need to talk!
Lastly, bees are amazing and can travel miles to find their pollen, but obviously making it easy for them is preferred. Having a site close to DMS with access to water and out of the way of humans, the pesky kind not the neighborly kind, is desired.
A DMS community garden is needed then! 
Manā¦thatād be super dope.
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I havenāt harvested any honey yet but I should get about 20 lbs this year in May. 
Iām currently a beekeeper.
Also I teach people how to do hive removals pretty regularly. Get a suit, find some bees and get ails of me. I have a group on facebook called āNorth Texas Bee Traderā pretty soon itās going to be swamped with people asking for hive removals.
At some point in time I need to find someone to remove the hive of bee in the south wall of my house,
They are very hardy it seems, they have been there for well over 5 years
My issue is that I have asbestos siding and some of it will have to be removed and I will have to finds something to coer that area
Since I am somewhat allergic to bee stings, I really need it gone, but I can t affore to pay for it being
removed and then for repairs also, The best price I have goten on a removal is $499,
Youāre in luck, I never charge anything, but gas money is appreciated(still not required). Iām not a carpenter though, I can staple something up to cover it temporarily.
If there is someone here that wants some bees, get your equipment ready and letās do this.
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this is happening this weekendā¦ might be interesting.
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Where are the bees and when do you plan to do this?
Is there a better time of the year to remove them? I will need to get some bushed trimed back firat,
Earlier in the year is best, also trimming the bushes when itās too cold for the bees to fly is a good idea. Ultimately itās up to you, Iām in no hurry and would be happy to help a beekeeper from the space get the bees whenever they are ready.