A beekeeping equipment supplier who has finally stepped out of the dark ages

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Speaks for itself................

 

[Codford]

Do we presume the feeding/clearing holes are sold separately?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

he will insert a round central feeding hole on request as long as you promise to cover it up when not feeding.

 

[Softley]

Do we presume the feeding/clearing holes are sold separately?

I don't put holes in mine.

 

[Uncle Betty]

I don't put holes in mine.

Ditto.

 

[For want of a better word]

Who was selling porter bee escapes( with the plastic tweezer bee traps removed) so that a good ventilation draught could be created when using solid floors?

Nos da

 

[Michael Palmer]

If we don't have that hole, the space would fill with ants. The bees do a fine job of keeping them away.

 

[Finman]

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In winter that feeding hole is fovorit place to mouse to make a nest into insulations. Piss and poo. And I do not feed anything via that board.
When I stopped to make hole, mice stopped to make nests. I have a finger size hole in the board.

Ants I take care nowadays with pyrethrin.
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[Finman]

Who was selling porter bee escapes( with the plastic tweezer bee traps removed) so that a good ventilation draught could be created when using solid floors?

Nos da

How it is possible?

Boxes above escape are tightly closed.

 

[Finman]

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It is not big job to do a hole where you want.

 

[thorn]

What it needs are special clips to hold the matchsticks in place. It's such a nuisance when you lift the crown board and they fall into the grass.

 

[Finman]

What it needs are special clips to hold the matchsticks in place. It's such a nuisance when you lift the crown board and they fall into the grass.

Hit permanent nails there.

 

[Jambo]

Who was selling porter bee escapes( with the plastic tweezer bee traps removed) so that a good ventilation draught could be created when using solid floors?

Nos da

Thorne... And you wonder why us beginners get confused.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Speaks for itself................

It will never catch on, Emyr. No ventilation, you see. Unless the hole is under the label, of course.

 

[Teemore]

Is that an Oz Armour beesuit/jacket in the background?

 

[Finman]

Thorne... And you wonder why us beginners get confused.

Confused is better than debating with old farts.
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[Softley]

Confused is better than debating with old farts.
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Speak for yourself!

 

[Zante]

The crown boards I bought here all came with a feeding hole and a plastic stopper for the feeding hole.
One of my hives has had ants in the roof for a short time, but only long enough to clear the syrup I'd spilled in spring when feeding the bees. Once they had no reason to stay there they left.

 

[Codford]

What it needs are special clips to hold the matchsticks in place. It's such a nuisance when you lift the crown board and they fall into the grass.

Something like these? https://www.amazon.co.uk/eBoot-Piec...F8&qid=1502115559&sr=8-4&keywords=stick+clips

[And why do I feel a can of worms has just been opened...!]

 

[fatshark]

Not entirely out of the dark ages though ... it's not Langstroth