bjosephd
Drone Bee
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- Location
- North Somerset
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 3
For those with pine solid wood floors...
...obviously exturnally paint or treat the underside and edges of the floor...
...however, what do you do you think with the internal floor inside their actaul home?
Keep it somewhat porous? Or paint it well so it doesn't get damp or mouldy (but then shiny painted non absorbant floor might just end up being a big puddle in the bottom of the hive!)
Also tricky with the Mann Lake floors as they have an extra lip/alighting board (ie the floor is about 2 inches longer than the hive body) that will collect rain and potentially go mouldy if untreated. It is not an angled/sloped alighting board.
(Google their complete hive kit images to see what I mean)
So there is a question of porosity, and a question of mouldiness/decay.
I appreciate there is a perpetual solid/mesh floor debate but please can we not have the debate in this post. I have both and will see which I and these bees(appear!) to prefer.
But for now I'm prepping this floor... so what do you reckon?
Has anyone else tackled this conundrum?
Thanks all...
BJD
...obviously exturnally paint or treat the underside and edges of the floor...
...however, what do you do you think with the internal floor inside their actaul home?
Keep it somewhat porous? Or paint it well so it doesn't get damp or mouldy (but then shiny painted non absorbant floor might just end up being a big puddle in the bottom of the hive!)
Also tricky with the Mann Lake floors as they have an extra lip/alighting board (ie the floor is about 2 inches longer than the hive body) that will collect rain and potentially go mouldy if untreated. It is not an angled/sloped alighting board.
(Google their complete hive kit images to see what I mean)
So there is a question of porosity, and a question of mouldiness/decay.
I appreciate there is a perpetual solid/mesh floor debate but please can we not have the debate in this post. I have both and will see which I and these bees(appear!) to prefer.
But for now I'm prepping this floor... so what do you reckon?
Has anyone else tackled this conundrum?
Thanks all...
BJD