Full healthy queenright brood box but bees not in super

[Erichalfbee]

Maybe Patrick has a boxful available for scientific purposes

 

[holmbee]

You can buy them from Caddon hives. I think they make their own from bamboo fitted to their own frames.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I think they get them from China, same as a lot of their hive parts

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Bamboo excluders are great, I'd happily change all my framed wire over to bamboo.

What will happen to the steelworkers jobs when demand for perforated sheet or wires drops

 

[holmbee]

I think they get them from China, same as a lot of their hive parts

At least Caddon should have checked them for quality. I have been impressed by the items bought from them.

 

[bingevader]

We haven't used QXs for years.
There are often instances where the bees don't move up or down as we'd like!

 

[Finman]

This case has nothing to do with excluder
There are too few bees in the hive. And perhaps ventilation entrance is too big.

Better to look inside the brood box, and look what is there. In worst case varroa has reduced the colony. A normal queen can fill one brood box easily with brood. ... why the colony has not grew up during summer?

It is sure that bambo from China will not help. It is September now.


And I have not heard or read about a beekeeper, who has bamboo excluders. During my lifetime it has been used metal excluders. I

 

[Swarm]

At least Caddon should have checked them for quality. I have been impressed by the items bought from them.

Try them out for yourself, mine are mainly framed wire but would happily swap them as I've already said. My landlord has a few framed wire from thornes that we needed to change due to all the brace comb being built, I had nearly half a pound of honey from the comb we cut out of one hive. We replaced it with a bamboo excluder and all was fine. Same with the rest, they stopped making a mess.

 

[Finman]

I had nearly half a pound of honey from the comb we cut out of one hive.

Oh dear!
I try to get 200 pounds from hive. Without excluders or with bambu sticks.

You may take half pound honey with spoon from what ever comb.

 

[GuyNir]

Oh dear!
I try to get 200 pounds from hive. Without excluders or bambu sticks.

From brace comb…

 

[Finman]

From brace comb…

I take my brace combs away but I do not inform to half world about those actions.

 

[GuyNir]

I take my brace combs away but I do not inform to half world about those actions.

Sure. Was said in a context of wire excluders vs. bamboo.

 

[Finman]

Sure. Was said in a context of wire excluders vs. bamboo.

Makes no sense...

 

[Swarm]

Sure. Was said in a context of wire excluders vs. bamboo.

Indeed.
But you've got to laugh though, some people eh?