Porter Escapes

[Gilberdyke John]

I like these when I want an escape board.

http://www.beeculture.com/make-a-triangle-bee-escape-heck-make-one-for-every-hive/

Interesting article but it's very similar principle to the rhombus escape Mike and I bought five unused plastic rhombus moulds for £6 at a bee auction last year. Even if I'd paid full retail price it would have been hard to justify the cost of the mesh and time to make the model in the magazine.

 

[Millet]

I like these when I want an escape board.

http://www.beeculture.com/make-a-triangle-bee-escape-heck-make-one-for-every-hive/

I made one a couple of years back not that i have used it.

 

[psafloyd]

I purchased some Porter Escapes to fit to a crown board I am going to make & I noticed the two thin sheet steel springs have a big varaiation in gaps between them in the quantity I bought. One is about 7mm, one 12mm, I thought they would need to be consistent to work in one direction. I am tempted to bin them & make a rhombus a separate rhombus clearer board. Can anybody tell me if this variation in gap is OK & also an opinion on the rhombus board would be good. Thanks Nick

I like porter escapes, but some days I prefer red wine, others whisk(e)y.

The best days are for champagne, mind...