Beetradex

[madasafish]

Well, That's what I have been doing until now, but I thought rather than resting the frame on the ground where it might fall over and get damaged and with me having a dodgy back as well, if I had a very easy convenient place to put that frame while I'm working it might help me out.
I'm sure you you can do all kinds of things without additional gadgets but there's no point in not taking advantage of something that might make life just a little easier, especially if it only cost £2.00
Unless of course you're one of those folk who are extremely pig headed and only ever see one way (their way) of doing something.

I use a frame stand. Ideal for marking queens when you are on your own.
Essential for Top Bar Hives (no frames).

I made mine from pallet wood being extremely mean...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I use a frame stand. Ideal for marking queens when you are on your own.
Essential for Top Bar Hives (no frames).

you can't just chuck a top bar around willy nilly

there's no point in not taking advantage of something that might make life just a little easier, especially if it only cost £2.00

for only £2.00 fair enough,probably would have bought one meself but I still don't see the point - If i need to take the end frame out for an inspection it usually just ends up resting over the rest of the frames (sort of a rough and ready inspection cloth substitute) if I need more space it just leans against the hive - saves my bad back by only having to reach for a lug. I can then use my two quid towards a pint or a cup of tea
I wonder how many beeks on here have a shedful of used once 'handy' gadgets which only cost a few quid and are now gathering dust? in fact i think a thread was started on that subject a while ago

 

[alldigging]

I use a frame stand. Ideal for marking queens when you are on your own.
Essential for Top Bar Hives (no frames).

I made mine from pallet wood being extremely mean...

Photo?

 

[bontbee]

From what I've heard from the few people I know who've tried them, frame hangers are often found still hanging on the brood box - at the end of the inspection when the hive has been reassembled!

 

[Erichalfbee]

I wonder how many beeks on here have a shedful of used once 'handy' gadgets which only cost a few quid and are now gathering dust? in fact i think a thread was started on that subject a while ago

I have an inspection cloth....one of those on a metal frame.
Total waste of money, used once and I can't even give it away.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I have an inspection cloth....one of those on a metal frame.
Total waste of money, used once and I can't even give it away.

take it to either the Pembrokeshire or Teifi BKA auctions in the spring (yes, it ain't here yet!) I bet you'll get a good price for it

 

[Dadnlad]

Went yesterday and took advantage of a good show deal on jars and finally managed to get to firkle with various poly nucs and choose which I liked best

Went with Maisies in the finish - again they had a deal on for the show

Not as rammed as I had expected but as others have said, it was in a big hall

I find frame rests handy (£1.50 in Thornes sale a few years ago) just need to get in to the habit of using them

 

[madasafish]

Photo?

Just wait whilst I dash out between snow showers...

Sorted..

It has been designed (?) to accommodate lang frames on the wider end and TBH on the shallower.. Must be carefully positioned on a level surface as a heavy comb could tilt it over...

It's left outside all year round.

 

[alldigging]

Just wait whilst I dash out between snow showers...

Sorted..

It has been designed (?) to accommodate lang frames on the wider end and TBH on the shallower.. Must be carefully positioned on a level surface as a heavy comb could tilt it over...

It's left outside all year round.

Thanks!

 

[Amari]

I Have been to tradex today. A little disappointing. I thought there were not the number of stands and many fewer people than last year. I also mentally earmarked some bargains and when I went back they had sold out!! Hey Ho!

I enjoyed my first visit especially the endless gadgeteering e.g. T's new multi-fangled hive floor at vast expense.
I wish there had been a crèche for bulky interim purchases.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I wish there had been a crèche for bulky interim purchases.

strange - most events do nowadays - I know they do at HA

 

[Erichalfbee]

I would have needed a creche for husband

 

[Bee Bumble]

I would have needed a creche for husband

Yes, then we could buy more goodies without them knowing.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I would have needed a creche for husband

There is one - it's called the bar!!

 

[birdsandbees]

At the risk of being shot down for opening my mouth again, I did ask at the Paynes stand and yes, they did look after my purchases until I returned to collect them, I believe other stands were doing the same.

Although Jenkinsbrynmair will no doubt tell you you don't need a fancy cresh for your goods when you have a perfectly good pair of hands to carry it.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

At the risk of being shot down for opening my mouth again, I did ask at the Paynes stand and yes, they did look after my purchases until I returned to collect them, I believe other stands were doing the same.

Although Jenkinsbrynmair will no doubt tell you you don't need a fancy cresh for your goods when you have a perfectly good pair of hands to carry it.

Nobody was shot down - far be it from me to dictate to you what you waste your money on - I expressed an opinion and offered an alternative, nothing more. If you take umbrage that easily well.................

 

[birdsandbees]

Just pulling your leg, Im sure I have wasted my money as you say but then I'm clearly not an Oracle like yourself...

 

[Into the lions den]

Only got back from that event during the night, as I had a day in Hereford and Gloucester on Sunday checking things out.

Was out for dinner on Saturday night with two of the key vendors, and they were broadly content with their day. Heavily preferred by them over Harper Adams.It was a huge hall, and the numbers seemed sparse in such a large space. Some seriously strange kit on sale though, and astonishing what some people will buy!

Possibly complicating things a bit was that Sunday was mothers day, and long distance travellers were thinner on the ground than usual.

Impulse buys at these events are the killer, and we managed to stick to our shopping list.

Unlike last year...........says the man with unused items sitting in his sheds.........and currently sorting through my late fathers stuff and finding unused impulse bee related purchases going back 50 years or more hidden away in corners.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I would have needed a creche for husband

A bar?

 

[B+.]

Impulse buys at these events are the killer, and we managed to stick to our shopping list.

Unlike last year...........says the man with unused items sitting in his sheds.........and currently sorting through my late fathers stuff and finding unused impulse bee related purchases going back 50 years or more hidden away in corners.

You could probably open a really interesting beekeeping museum with stuff going back that far