Equipment Records

[psafloyd]

Otleybee,

Where did you get guest smocks for £8 each?

 

[margob99]

Otleybee, that's a really cool idea. I wish I was that organised! Though I would add the cost of jar labels and honey-making, eg hire of extractor, "marketing" costs (ie market stall hire etc) and add more columns to reflect "money coming in" so that eventually you have a spread sheet that shows your net profit (or loss). I reckon it will take me 3 or 4 years to break even, though I am not planning to have more than 2 or 3 hives at max. Depending on where your hives are, petrol too is a cost ...

 

[Otleybee]

Otleybee,

Where did you get guest smocks for £8 each?

Claro Bees in Harrogate. They are the retail bit of Harrogate and Ripon BKA. Good value and friendly people.

 

[Cazza]

Hi Otleybee.
What's the magnet for?
Cazza

 

[Otleybee]

Hi Otleybee.
What's the magnet for?
Cazza

When I was in Claro bees buying the mouseguards they sold me a nifty little wooden handled magnet that holds a drawing pin. This allows you to hold the mouseguard and drawing pin in place easily without dropping the pin in the grass.

I fell for the "hard sell" and have to say it works well and now lives in my bee box.

 

[Cazza]

When I was in Claro bees buying the mouseguards they sold me a nifty little wooden handled magnet that holds a drawing pin. This allows you to hold the mouseguard and drawing pin in place easily without dropping the pin in the grass.

I fell for the "hard sell" and have to say it works well and now lives in my bee box.

Ah, all is clear! I use map pins with big heads which are easy to keep hold of.
C

 

[MuswellMetro]

after many many years faffing about with bits of wood that dont fit i have a single set of plans which i have laminated and i only ever build/cut/make/butcher my bits to fit those drawings.

its great for me but unless you have your own drawings my gear never fits anyone elses

all the floors make myself have the same blocks to £hornes dimensions, its the proprietary ones that i have difficultly with, some at 18mm block, some 21mm, and i have one 20mm AND £hornes budget floor they sold in the new year sales last year doesn't even take their own Block!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nonstandard]

Ah, all is clear! I use map pins with big heads which are easy to keep hold of.
C

i used drawing pins and overly large latex gloves leaving little bits of purple latex attached to the front of the hives. Maybe a magnet will be the way to go next winter

 

[oliver90owner]

I use map pins with big heads

I, too, use a magnet - a 10mm or 1/2 inch neodymium disc, stuck to an old file handle. When I say stuck. the magnet holds itself in place attracted to the metal handle collar (can't think of the right term for it! - someone remind me, please), so I have slide it sideways after pushing in the drawing pin to avoid leaving it behind, stuck to the magnetic mousegaurds. I may glue it sometime!

Regards, RAB

 

[BobH1]

can't think of the right term for it! - someone remind me, please

ferrule?

 

[Otleybee]

On the picture is worth a thousand words principle.

Mouseguard Magnet at a cost of £1.56 from a popular source in Wragby.

 

[blackbrood]

Claro Bees in Harrogate. They are the retail bit of Harrogate and Ripon BKA. Good value and friendly people.

I will second that. dont go there often but when I have, very helpful and pleasant

 

[peterbees]

I think they call them Snowley mouseguard magnets, and they are a great idea. I just wish they had a square handle to stop them rolling off the hive roof. They make the job much quicker.

 

[oliver90owner]

ferrule

Thanks, BobH1.

The Th*rne Snowley Mouseguard Magnet is £1.87, not £1.56!

My version cost about 10p!

Sand/grind a few flats on the hanle to stop them rolling, or put a jubilee clip on it.

Regards, RAB

 

[victor meldrew]

I think they call them Snowley mouseguard magnets, and they are a great idea. I just wish they had a square handle to stop them rolling off the hive roof. They make the job much quicker.

Stick a screw in the handle ,this way it can only made one revolution

John W