Landing Boards Pros and Cons

[Dishmop]

I suppose you could have one on hinges that folded up and would act as a door.
Nice little chain and it would be just like a drawbridge....

 

[hedgerow pete]

i use landing boards, if you have ever seen a wbc base where after the 460 square pad there is a small 100mm wide sloping front, thats what i have, its easy to make the bases 460 by 560 long with a slight slope on the run way

 

[Rosti]

as with Pete on this, sloped so no water pooling but in windy conditions gives a larger landing target / higher chance a tired forager gets that last load home. Side brackets to OMF frame so easy to remove if necessary (but it never has been), angled and sized so does not interfer wrt grounding and OMF can still sit flat on hard standing/car boot

 

[victor meldrew]

My trick for what it's worth, is to varnish the landing board, when dry I apply a second thick coating and the apply a generous helping of sand ,place a second board onto the sand and weight with a brick ! Once dry I shake off the surplus sand. Result a lasting, none pooling surface !

John Wilkinson

 

[drstitson]

why not go the whole hog and have DB style porches - have advantages of landing boards plus help shade entrance from rain, are easy to shut off for travel and are easy to apply a cover to stop bees venturing out into snow.

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

why not go the whole hog and have DB style porches - have advantages of landing boards plus help shade entrance from rain, are easy to shut off for travel and are easy to apply a cover to stop bees venturing out into snow.

DB Doc? (praying its not too obvious)

 

[drstitson]

dadant blatt - see below for one in summer and two in winter (last week) with crownboards over the porches.

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Cute!

 

[Rosti]

why not go the whole hog and have DB style porches

Just seen the pics, no way are they getting that - we've talked about a conservatory on the house and can't afford one, be damned if the bees get one first!

 

[drstitson]

"no way are they getting that - we've talked about a conservatory on the house and can't afford one, be damned if the bees get one first!"

you should see our turkeys - they've spent the winter in an enclosed veranda with polycarbonate glazing panels!

i won't mention the housing for the feral cats and assorted chickens!