Recent content by beezwacks

thanks guys, so far the consensus is wired framed excluders as being the most popular (3 out of 4 votes) and overall same better VFM. sounds like the plastic ones could break, and the pressed steel is prone to spring back. I will let this run as long as it does , but w/f excluders look like to...

looking at buying queen excluders for next year, which will be my first. so the question is pros and cons of :- Plastic, other than being the cheapest do they have any downfalls? slotted steel, pressed steel and mid-range price, again any downfalls? wired frame, most expensive, but being wire...

fairly new myself, john.....but enjoy.

As a genuine newcomer to the forum, and a non beekeeper yet I would have to stand for both sides of this argument... genuine hobbyists should be allowed to offer their wares, be it the odd nuc of bees, a queen or two and second hand equipment they have no further use for, after all the forum...

"Under the watchful eye of "expert" James Dearsley? as far as I know hes only been at for 18 months, now suddenly hes a bleeding expert, another self opinionated youtube wonderboy. not worthy another one is the yank on `tube thats kept bees for years and never been BIT by a bee, some expert that...

thanks for that , Tom.. based on what you have said I`ve NOT messed up, the faces and rails are indeed just butt jointed to the sides with their measurement of 425mm and are all 18mm thick so I have what seems to be a "perfectly" good hive after all, minus the occupants of course.

thanks chaps, will have to wait and see next year now, too late to house any bees now. And if all else fails, next year I will have to breed some super thin strain of AMM. Yes Tom, your measurements are correct i`m 7mm short in width ( the hive that is) I was toying with the idea of the tenons...

Tom or anyone else who builds their own... I converted scot beeks plans from imperial to metric to read as follows: BS national sides 460 x225, front/back 432 x225, top/bottom rails 44 x25. BS Super sides 460 x 150, front /back 432 x125, rails as BB rebated as same. bee space top 17 x 30...

cheers Tom, was beginning to think I`d got nothing more than a firewood hive. made two BB and two supers before I realised the "error" (read c**k up lol) I was intending to buy the frames early next year, As I said just doing it to see how easy/hard it would be, But if I say so myself dont look...

OK Beeks, I have made my first BS National (just to see how doable they are) primarily out of scrap. however on reviewing the the plans (scottish beeks) I have made the ends with the hand holds 425 mm realising now they should be 432 mm (my conversion of 17 inches). I know its only 7mm, but with...

You should be ashamed, Doc...called that full? I can see space for a couple of queen cages AND a bee brush, Tut, Tut... :rofl:

just a heads up for the new beeks, having picked up "Keeping Bees- looking after an Apiary" by Vivian Head at my local Wyevale Garden centre. Hardback 160 pages, copyright 2010, reprinted 2011 being as this is the only book I own at present and have nothing to reference it against but I found...

its probably an health and safety aspect from the powers that be upstairs, my local has a notice posted at the cutting booth stating as much, but the 2 guys trained on the machine are normally happy to cut as small as 150mm.

Top Secret--Eyes only project, I get it ... I know "if I tell you, I will have to kill you" sort of thing. mums the word.. I`m having my hives developed at area 51, the anti grav hive, no more worrying about swarms as the hive goes were they go. I`ll let you now how I get on. ;)

@ Mons, are you trying to develop the stealth hive, undetectable to the bee inspectors? :cool: