Numbered discs for beehives.....

[user 20297]

How many should I buy?
The logic part of my brain says 10 for £4.95 but my parsimonious nature tells me I should get fifty for £14.75.
.......or should I just be done with it and commit to the full 300 for £88.00? But then wouldn't it be a shame to waste them?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28243116...nYjeHj%2BOOHN0aT|clp:2334524|tkp:BFBMnvHcus5f

 

[Curly green finger's]

How many should I buy?
The logic part of my brain says 10 for £4.95 but my parsimonious nature tells me I should get fifty for £14.75.
I would save your money and write the numbers on the side of the hives instead, spend the money on 4 cans of Guinness and a bottle of blackcurrant.

 

[user 20297]

I would save your money and write the numbers on the side of the hives instead, spend the money on 4 cans of Guinness and a bottle of blackcurrant.

.....What?.....and send them to you?

Problem is even with my little lot, the hives are a bit like "Trigger's broom". So copying Stewart Spinks, I want to chuck one loose disc, on top of each crownboard, so that the number can follow the any box movements, or maybe the queen or any substitutions. I think that makes sense for the records I want to keep.

 

[Erichalfbee]

.....What?.....and send them to you?

Problem is even with my little lot, the hives are a bit like "Trigger's broom". So copying Stewart Spinks, I want to chuck one loose disc, on top of each crownboard, so that the number can follow the any box movements, or maybe the queen or any substitutions. I think that makes sense for the records I want to keep.

Give your queens a name. Much easier to remember than a number

 

[Ian123]

Are you intending on playing tiddlywinks?

 

[Newbeeneil]

How many should I buy?
The logic part of my brain says 10 for £4.95 but my parsimonious nature tells me I should get fifty for £14.75.
.......or should I just be done with it and commit to the full 300 for £88.00? But then wouldn't it be a shame to waste them?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28243116...nYjeHj%2BOOHN0aT|clp:2334524|tkp:BFBMnvHcus5f

I bought some red and blue ones a few years back. The red ones have all faded badly.
I went for these when I got more colonies.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/M-Z-100pcs...8&keywords=cattle+tags&qid=1642623270&sr=8-14

 

[user 20297]

I bought some red and blue ones a few years back. The red ones have all faded badly.
I went for these when I got more colonies.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/M-Z-100pcs...8&keywords=cattle+tags&qid=1642623270&sr=8-14

....and a bargain price!

 

[user 20297]

Give your queens a name. Much easier to remember than a number

.........I'm, not sure about that, it's queens 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 versus Alaska Thunderflip 5000, Bimini Bon Boulash, Conchita Wurst, Divina da Campo, Erickatoure Aviance and Farrah Moan. I would need labels bigger than the hives for that lot!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Well that’s your fault for giving them such ridiculous names.

 

[Newbeeneil]

.........I'm, not sure about that, it's queens 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 versus Alaska Thunderflip 5000, Bimini Bon Boulash, Conchita Wurst, Divina da Campo, Erickatoure Aviance and Farrah Moan. I would need labels bigger than the hives for that lot!

When I first started my hives were named after Old Testament Matriarchs! I had plastic name plates made.

 

[user 20297]

Well that’s your fault for giving them such ridiculous names.

I think I had better stop at my current six....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Minj

 

[JamezF]

I bought some red and blue ones a few years back. The red ones have all faded badly.
I went for these when I got more colonies.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/M-Z-100pcs...8&keywords=cattle+tags&qid=1642623270&sr=8-14

How on earth do you fix those to bee's ear?

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I want to chuck one loose disc, on top of each crownboard, so that the number can follow the any box movements

That's always the sensible way give each queen a number not each box, if the queen gets moved to another box, so does the number.
I have a small cup hook screwed on to every deep and a hole in each number tally so it's only a matter of hanging the queen's number on whatever box she's put in.

 

[Newbeeneil]

That's always the sensible way give each queen a number not each box, if the queen gets moved to another box, so does the number.
I have a small cup hook screwed on to every deep and a hole in each number tally so it's only a matter of hanging the queen's number on whatever box she's put in.

That's what I do for the queens but the boxes have the cattle markers

 

[user 20297]

That's always the sensible way give each queen a number not each box, if the queen gets moved to another box, so does the number.
I have a small cup hook screwed on to every deep and a hole in each number tally so it's only a matter of hanging the queen's number on whatever box she's put in.

That's an excellent idea.

 

[user 20297]

How on earth do you fix those to bee's ear?

James

I don't know but I am sure I would make a pig's ear of it.
Poor bee's ear would be buzzing!

 

[oliver90owner]

Your logic is obviously dead (where is it - right).

Make your own? 3D print as many as you want, when you want. Buy an engraver and some tiddlywinks?

Give it some thought, if you are able to…

 

[user 20297]

Make your own? 3D print as many as you want, when you want.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Now that's a NUT CRACKER

 

[Curly green finger's]

.....What?.....and send them to you?

Problem is even with my little lot, the hives are a bit like "Trigger's broom". So copying Stewart Spinks, I want to chuck one loose disc, on top of each crownboard, so that the number can follow the any box movements, or maybe the queen or any substitutions. I think that makes sense for the records I want to keep.

All my queen's have there own letters and numbers eg
Ls 01 hm01 wl01 RH 01 Sp01 F 01 these are apiary sites and I have a diary just for queen and hive numbers.
Hives have numbers wrote on them with perminent marker