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House Bee
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- Leicestershire
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- National
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This is more of a question to find other peoples thoughts on glass or ply crown boards.
The reason I use glass is you just lift the roof and insulation of and you can see the girls with out disturbing there daily tasks, when the apiguard was on you can see if its all gone a piece of glass over the feed hole keeps the fumes in. in the summer months I put gauze over the hole but 9 times out of 10 times they block the holes, the BB is on OMF open all year round the board goes in to check varoa drop or to close off for apiguard treatment.
Do you think with a OMF the crown board should be covered all the time with a piece of glass or ply,( if they were were in a hollow tree there is no top vent ).
In the winter the glass crown board with the vent covered has condensation on this is used by the bee's when they cant get out for water yo can see them collecting it.
What are your thoughts please.
excuse the grammar never was my strong subject.
Regards
John
The reason I use glass is you just lift the roof and insulation of and you can see the girls with out disturbing there daily tasks, when the apiguard was on you can see if its all gone a piece of glass over the feed hole keeps the fumes in. in the summer months I put gauze over the hole but 9 times out of 10 times they block the holes, the BB is on OMF open all year round the board goes in to check varoa drop or to close off for apiguard treatment.
Do you think with a OMF the crown board should be covered all the time with a piece of glass or ply,( if they were were in a hollow tree there is no top vent ).
In the winter the glass crown board with the vent covered has condensation on this is used by the bee's when they cant get out for water yo can see them collecting it.
What are your thoughts please.
excuse the grammar never was my strong subject.
Regards
John