Excited

[pjb1972]

Just ordered my first hive getting a national from thorns can't wait plenty of bee books to read too roll on Spring

 

[drex]

Recommend you join your local association and get on a beginners course. It makes the steep learning curve a bit easier and more enjoyable. Welcome to this wonderful and addictive hobby

 

[For want of a better word]

Don't hit the wrong nail when you are hammering the hive together!

Yeghes da

 

[pjb1972]

Recommend you join your local association and get on a beginners course. It makes the steep learning curve a bit easier and more enjoyable. Welcome to this wonderful and addictive hobby

Already spoke to local club and going to start going to learn with some hands on next year can't wait I'm like a big school kid lol

 

[domino]

First year is a hoot.

 

[pjb1972]

I can imagine lol

 

[Nakedapiarist]

Welcome!

A quick tip - use screws and an electric screwdriver rather than nails to put your hive together - it's a lot faster and cock ups are easier to undo.

 

[Hivemaker.]

A quick tip - use screws and an electric screwdriver rather than nails to put your hive together - it's a lot faster

Race you some time, nail gun vs electric screwdriver.

 

[Nakedapiarist]

Race you some time, nail gun vs electric screwdriver.

You have a point but I'm assuming someone assembling just a couple of hives doesn't have a nail gun. The little brad/staple gun bought makes a massive difference on frame assembly though.

 

[pjb1972]

Race you some time, nail gun vs electric screwdriver.

Battery drill at the ready lol

 

[Arfermo]

Recommend you join your local association and get on a beginners course. It makes the steep learning curve a bit easier and more enjoyable. Welcome to this wonderful and addictive hobby

And register with Beebase!!! Important.

 

[pjb1972]

Thanks will do

 

[Michael Palmer]

Battery drill at the ready lol

This should be fun.

 

[Vortex]

Welcome!

A quick tip - use screws and an electric screwdriver rather than nails to put your hive together - it's a lot faster and cock ups are easier to undo.

Or just use a decent glue and a set of clamps.. Getting it square (with in a couple of millimetres) is a necessity.

 

[madasafish]

Or just use a decent glue and a set of clamps.. Getting it square (with in a couple of millimetres) is a necessity.

A tape measure across the diagonals makes adjustment so simple that even I can get boxes square - ish..

 

[Gilberdyke John]

And register with Beebase!!! Important.

Don't most beekeeping associations automatically register members with BBKA and beebase?

 

[dexter's shed]

Don't most beekeeping associations automatically register members with BBKA and beebase?

ours don't

 

[Obee1]

Race you some time, nail gun vs electric screwdriver.

Ahh but to the beginner DIY er it's very hard to undo mistakes with a nail. Am I the only one who has fitted the bottom rails upside down - glued and nailed before noticing?

 

[dexter's shed]

Ahh but to the beginner DIY er it's very hard to undo mistakes with a nail. Am I the only one who has fitted the bottom rails upside down - glued and nailed before noticing?

nearly, always put boxes together dry, to check everything looks right, it's a good time to spot those bottom bars before screwing/glueing/nailing