Apiary Barrier Fencing

[Haughton Honey]

I'm looking at investing in some 3-4ft barrier fencing to protect some isolated out apiaries from prevailing winds.

Can anyone on here recommend any suppliers/types? Any other ideas?

Many thanks in advance.

 

[DanBee]

I have recycled some old post and rail fencing around the home apiary, which is quite a windy site, and planted beech hedging all around it. To provide short-term wind shelter, I have stapled* on 1m width of windbreak netting all round. I would recommend LBS Horticulture as a supplier as we have dealt with them over a number of years (principally for supply of staking/tying consumables for the orchards; this winter we moved about 220 young fruit trees out of the nursery beds and into the orchard proper).

* I mean proper stainless staples with a staple gun, not a pikey bodge using a Rexel Bambi Actually, the staples can tear through the fabric over a season, so I have re-located it with more small staples and then stretched and stapled (i.e. 1" U-nail) stock netting over the top to support the windbreak fabric. The apiary is now a pleasure to be in.

 

[will]

put some posts in and rails then Wilkos sell some nice reed fencing I think its about 4ft high by 3m long, I put some on my garage roof ideal for wind break

 

[Dadnlad]

Fencing firms have to dispose of the old panels they remove and usually burn them. I'm sure any local fencers would happily offload a few semi-decent panels your way instead of burning. Even if the bottom few boards are rotten its easy to reduce them to a usefull 6' x 5'

 

[sipa]

if you just want to use as a windbreak the green garden shading is very durable, cheap and effective. just staple to some thinnish round stakes, these cost around £2 ea.

 

[Insy]

The fruit cage my hive is in has wind break barrier/fencing attached to the cage to prevent strong wind damage the trees/plants in fruit cage.

It seems to work well for bees as well, you still get the odd winds come through but keeps a fair amount out.

 

[theeggman]

I would recommend Papranet (I think that's how it's spelt) and LBS, we've used them over the years, including a 32ft x 18ft polytunnel.
If you were closer we have a good few metres of netting spare you could have.
Tim

 

[bee ginnner]

Netlon

 

[Haughton Honey]

Thank you for the pointers folks....

 

[user 6228]

camoflage netting?
http://www.gardenature.co.uk/camo-screen-realtree-apg-hd-3m-x-15m

 

[For want of a better word]

camoflage netting?
http://www.gardenature.co.uk/camo-screen-realtree-apg-hd-3m-x-15m

Camo netting is good.... hides the hives too !

 

[Blacky50]

Scaffolder's netting perhaps. Might have too many holes.

 

[alldigging]

Scaffolder's netting perhaps. Might have too many holes.

Debris netting should be ok.

 

[Lizard165]

Scaffold netting is good, and it's cheap. We used it around the association hives to great effect. 20m x 3m roll cost £45 various colours available.