Hive boxes With or without nails?

[Eyeman]

Hi
Just getting round to opening some of the winter sale boxes from Tho****.
Didn't the deep & shallow flat packs use to come with 3 types of nails & runners?
Anyone else nail less ??
Alec

 

[Amari]

Yes, I made up my supers and b.boxes from T's over winter from the flat by using 6mm PVA glued dowels, no nails at all. The idea was a 'woodworking tip' in BBKA News last year and I rather enjoyed the exercise. I also deployed another tip: glue/pin battens onto a flat board, the dimensions of a box plus 1mm to act as a jig to keep the job square.
Time will tell if the glue-only method works.
P.S. Ah, I now see that by 'nail less' you mean no nails in the pack - I can't remember whether mine did or not.

 

[Glenviewbee]

I opened my boxes from T***** at the weekend - and yes we got a bag of nails for each brood box, as well as a set of plastic runners for them.
The nuc had its own nails and metal runners

 

[Ely]

They came with my commercials 4 or 5 years ago. I used screws though. Stronger and easy to take apart again if I wish to flat pack in any event e.g moving house. Didn't bother with glue.

 

[dn170221]

I got a set of nails with each super/brood box.
Maybe double check the box and email them.

 

[bontbee]

Did you get them via post or did you pick them up in one of the sale events?

At the sale events I attended, the packs of nails and runners were not "prepacked" with the boxes - they were in open boxes and you picked as many as you needed to go with your boxes.....

ooops, just re-read your post and note that you were opening boxes from Ts - so assume they were either pre-ordered or delivered, in which case the nails should have been with them....sorry

 

[Eyeman]

Thanks for all the replies.
I've just sent them an email.
Alec

 

[Dishmop]

I know they dont always supply nails with on-line sale frames..

 

[Stiffy]

Had some of the brood boxes from 'Man Pond' and they didn't come with nails and was told to go and buy some as it would be cheaper than getting from them. Good advice but surely a few nails wouldn't have decreased their profit margin by much?
S

 

[oliver90owner]

I know they dont always supply nails with on-line sale frames..

As far as I know, they never supply nails with frames - on line or anywhere else for that matter! Unless the frames were already assembled.

I am like Ely. Screws every time - they actually pull the parts together; not like nails which need the parts pulling together, by some other means, before fixing.

 

[Dishmop]

I know they dont always supply nails with on-line sale frames..

As far as I know, they never supply nails with frames - on line or anywhere else for that matter! Unless the frames were already assembled.

I am like Ely. Screws every time - they actually pull the parts together; not like nails which need the parts pulling together, by some other means, before fixing.

Yes Rab you could well be correct...... Thinking about it now, the first lot of frames I bought were from Thornes shop (not online) and there were nails, but subsequent frames have been from their sales and it said no nails, so I assumed it was no nails in online sales,

and non sale sales included nails.

 

[idg]

Mine came with nails, but almost missed them in the bottom of the box. Double check your packaging.

 

[MuswellMetro]

I know they dont always supply nails with on-line sale frames..

As far as I know, they never supply nails with frames - on line or anywhere else for that matter! Unless the frames were already assembled.

I am like Ely. Screws every time - they actually pull the parts together; not like nails which need the parts pulling together, by some other means, before fixing.

They DONT supply nails with frames that are second quality in 50's but DO if you buy frames that are first quality in ten packs (little pack of100 of so nais) but at £19.80 for 10 frames the B@*&&*y well should

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Had nails with all my flat packs this year - online sales and convention pre-order, never use them as I use stainless steel screws so there's always piles of the little packets lying around the chamber of secrets - this year, as I was seling stuff at the Pembroke BKA auction I collected what I could find up (about 30 or 40 packs) thinking -even if I only get 50p for them at least they're not wasted - someone bid £6.00 for the lot!

 

[BeeJayBee]

They DONT supply nails with frames that are second quality in 50's but DO if you buy frames that are first quality in ten packs (little pack of100 of so nais) but at £19.80 for 10 frames the B@*&&*y well should

I've bought both first and second quality frames from Thornes and have never had nails supplied with any of them.

 

[meetballuk]

are we talking frames or brood and super boxes im confused?
my th***s sales brood and super came with nails and runners
never had frames come with nails but only bought from cw

 

[thenovice]

I don't think they had nails added to them with them last autumn sale as I had to ask and they gave them to me in a separate bag... They seemed a bit overwhelmed as they also lost my order and had to hand pick it all and send stuff afterwards because they ran out.

 

[pargyle]

Yaaaawwwwnnnnn ... Let's hope the weather improves and we can all get out and play with our bees ... and No ... there were no nails with the Thornes Sale Frames I bought and I've just run out ... anyone know the best place to buy frame sized gimp pins ?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Looking at my first box of gimp pins, I thought i'd never get through that many!
...............silly me

 

[Eyeman]

Hi
Tho**** were most apologetic and the missing hive box nails and runners arrived today. First rate service.
There was some earlier confusion about frame nail: I've never had these included.
Thanks again for your posts.