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- Jul 23, 2009
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- Location
- Ceredigion
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 6
As title. Do these need painting inside?
The swienty ones do, the abelo ones come pre painted, in fact the abelo ones are superb imho whereas the swienty ones need a bee space and painting. The maisemore ones are 500mm by 500mm and come unpainted but are so thick I haven't bothered painting them and have suffered zero leaks so far, they actually make a good economic lid/feeder coupled with a gravel tray, but my preference is the slightly more expensive but robust and ready to go abelo offering.As title. Do these need painting inside?
True, but until recently the paint was poor quality and wore away quickly; recent paint is better.abelo ones come pre painted
Yep, and shows that the whole hive was designed as TBS; only later did Swienty decide to compete in the UK BBS market and add box runners, but without converting the feeder mould. Nine design flaws make this the worst practical hive.swienty ones need a bee space
Agree, by far the best for any standard BBS National hive, wood or poly. I found it can be used to do five different jobs.my preference is the slightly more expensive but robust and ready to go abelo offering
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