Vergilius
Field Bee
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2010
- Messages
- 955
- Reaction score
- 6
- Location
- Dorset / East Sussex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 6ish
Hiya all,
Another one from a returning beek... Have any of you had any experience using 'Easibee' mesh floors? For my restart I'm on a bit of a tight budget so bought a couple of these off Amazon. For those who haven't seen my earlier thread I hived up a swarm yesterday, which subsequently absconded and has now been re-captured. I had initially set up the hive with one of these mesh floors, without varroa board in (probably mistakenly -- I guess an all wood box might be more appealing to an incoming swarm, but that's beside the point now...)
Anyway, more concerning for my long term plans is that, once I took apart the hive from which the swarm had absconded, I found about twenty bees stuck terminally in the mesh... obviously not a pleasant sight! Is this a case of me getting what I deserve for going on the cheap (i.e. crap product)? Or any other explanation? Anyone had success with these Easibee floors?
PS The re-captured swarm is now contained in a hive with one of my old wooden floors... for obvious reasons I want to use OMFs in the long run...
Cheers!
BP
Another one from a returning beek... Have any of you had any experience using 'Easibee' mesh floors? For my restart I'm on a bit of a tight budget so bought a couple of these off Amazon. For those who haven't seen my earlier thread I hived up a swarm yesterday, which subsequently absconded and has now been re-captured. I had initially set up the hive with one of these mesh floors, without varroa board in (probably mistakenly -- I guess an all wood box might be more appealing to an incoming swarm, but that's beside the point now...)
Anyway, more concerning for my long term plans is that, once I took apart the hive from which the swarm had absconded, I found about twenty bees stuck terminally in the mesh... obviously not a pleasant sight! Is this a case of me getting what I deserve for going on the cheap (i.e. crap product)? Or any other explanation? Anyone had success with these Easibee floors?
PS The re-captured swarm is now contained in a hive with one of my old wooden floors... for obvious reasons I want to use OMFs in the long run...
Cheers!
BP
