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Brosville

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A perfect sunny morning was enjoyed in a Sussex garden (light breeze, Agnus Dei thundering out of the (solar powered) shed sound system)- and I was able to finish "pimping my hive" :biggrinjester:

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I tend to squirrel things away on the theory that "it'll come in useful one day" - and when I needed waterproof coating for the roof of my new bait hive, my eyes lit upon the checker plate (50p from a boot fair) -so the whole thing stands me in at about a fiver!....
 

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Blingtastic. That is a serious gansta hive.

Well done.
 

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Hey Brosville

so the whole thing stands me in at about a fiver!....

You could have bought a new one for that kind of money. lol
 

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Da ive gotta be unda lit electric blue ,yeah !!.

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expecting armour piercing woodpeckers? LOL!
 

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I'm not into top bar hives but that one's smart enough to almost tempt me.

Brilliant effort!
 

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A perfect sunny morning was enjoyed in a Sussex garden (light breeze, Agnus Dei thundering out of the (solar powered) shed sound system)- and I was able to finish "pimping my hive" :biggrinjester:

pimp.jpg


I tend to squirrel things away on the theory that "it'll come in useful one day" - and when I needed waterproof coating for the roof of my new bait hive, my eyes lit upon the checker plate (50p from a boot fair) -so the whole thing stands me in at about a fiver!....
Our association purchased some hives from a retiring beekeeper"
They were national, the roofs being clad in copper sheet to the same pattern as yours .
The roofs didn't need strapping down but handling them required the deployment of a hernia truss :biggrinjester:
They were phased out for being too heavy .
Thinks :conehead:, I wonder where they're stored ??
Must be worth more than we paid for the coloniies :drool5:.

John Wilkinson
 

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