In the Outdoor Workshop

[Erichalfbee]

In the outdoor workshop the bee box went up.

 

[Fritillary]

Impressive!

 

[Brigsy]

Looks good!


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[pargyle]

Very impressive ... looks perfect for a feral swarm ... bit of old comb in it ? Job done !

 

[Erichalfbee]

It was a job getting it up there.
Stan is fearless up that ladder......... like a rat up a drainpipe
Daughter and I belayed the box pulling down while he guided it onto the brackets.
Pargyle........it is painted inside with layers and layers of propolis.
It has two bungs in place of the two entrances to stop wasps getting in before swarming season.

 

[pargyle]

It was a job getting it up there.
Stan is fearless up that ladder......... like a rat up a drainpipe
Daughter and I belayed the box pulling down while he guided it onto the brackets.
Pargyle........it is painted inside with layers and layers of propolis.
It has two bungs in place of the two entrances to stop wasps getting in before swarming season.

I get vertigo stood on a milk crate so Stan is about 500% up my esteem rating !

 

[Poly Hive]

Got to ask why?

Never done it so no doubt lost thousands.

Always put them where it is handy for ME.

Seems to work pretty well..........

KISS

PH

 

[Millet]

Langstroth double brood by the look of thing's, lets hope finny does not drink red bull and grow wings lol, on the ladder 1 in 4 for the angle, 1ft from the base and 4 ft up or use meters the same applies.

 

[user 6228]

whats the approx weight and volume of the box?

 

[Michael Palmer]

Always put them where it is handy for ME.

Well, the Black bears won't get it.

 

[Erichalfbee]

whats the approx weight and volume of the box?

It's about 55 litres. I know it's too big but I got my measurements wrong. Never mind, bees go into compost bins. Too late now. As for weight, hmmmm too heavy. Elf n safety? There were three of us. One of us would have been ok to call an ambulance

 

[SDM]

Well, the Black bears won't get it.

I thought black bears are good climbers, it's the grizzly bear that's less adept( shorter claws)

 

[B+.]

In the outdoor workshop the bee box went up.

That looks an awful long way up!
I've had swarms arrive in piles of empty equipment on the back of an old trailer before. They can't have been more than 5 feet off the ground.

 

[user 6228]

when given a choice between high and low identical boxes, the bees choose high. High has evolutionary advantages when the nest is inside the tree

1. above snow levels
2. small predators of the nest that can get in the entrance are more exposed to cold in winter and their own predators

 

[B+.]

when given a choice between high and low identical boxes, the bees choose high. High has evolutionary advantages when the nest is inside the tree

1. above snow levels
2. small predators of the nest that can get in the entrance are more exposed to cold in winter and their own predators

I don't think it is all about ground based mammals. V.velutina (which is a bee predator) makes its nest very high in the canopy of trees according to the photos/videos I have seen. However, bees are a woodland creature and make use of almost any opportunity they find.

 

[Cussword]

Got to ask why?

I suppose to catch swarms.

 

[user 6228]

I don't think it is all about ground based mammals. V.velutina (which is a bee predator) makes its nest very high in the canopy of trees according to the photos/videos I have seen. However, bees are a woodland creature and make use of almost any opportunity they find.

Never said it was exhaustive... e.g. in a forest the higher up you are the nearer you are to the blooms on the trees, or
Navigation by the Sun requires travel above tree top height.

but strictly speaking these two require not height above the ground but a small distance from the top.

 

[linoleum bonypart]

Quite a few grizzled in the wild West wales

 

[Erichalfbee]

25Kg and 7metres up.
I'll have to send Stan up the ladder to get the bungs out in a couple of weeks

 

[pargyle]

25Kg and 7metres up.
I'll have to send Stan up the ladder to get the bungs out in a couple of weeks

I think I would need a bung in to get me up a ladder that high ... just the one !