swienty nat poly

[mpenn]

Does anybody else have these gaps in their swienty national polys? I bought 3 to try this year and after assembling and painting I noticed gaps between the tops and bottom of the hives when stacked on top of each other. The gaps are about 2mm all the way around except for the corners.

 

[VEG]

They will probably be fine when there is some weight in them.

 

[Poly Hive]

Yup

PH

 

[mpenn]

I hope they do because I really like these brood boxes

 

[Excession]

To be clear: I don't know.

But the DIY'er inside me wants to say couldn't you sand it down? Maybe a really fine grain of paper on a large block?

Probably a bad idea, you are better off listening to the guys who have poly boxes.

 

[oliver90owner]

Not good to have gaps (even only when empty). The bees will propolise them when they get the opportunity.

 

[winmag270]

perhaps they are designed that way to save having to use matchsticks......

 

[herefordshirehoney]

The langstroth poly's i've just got from swienty via c w j dont have any gaps between up if that helps

 

[user 6228]

Not good to have gaps (even only when empty). The bees will propolise them when they get the opportunity.

Agreed, and they propolise for good reason. A small gap like this at the top can lose nearly all the heat the poly has husbanded (been doing a few measurements). Less of an issue for wood because there is less heat to lose

 

[snoop]

The last batch of langstroth polys I got off ( this winter) them are a bit that way , but you have not put frames into them yet. I imagine they will be fine once you have the weight of the stores , frames & bees etc in them . A piece of sandpaper should do the trick if you are really worried . I would put a few frames of stores in them & try them ,mine settled once the weight went into them . The one beauty of the poly nuc boxes I find that nucs develop a lot faster in the poly boxes than in timber.

 

[JohnF]

I would email Swienty with the photo's and ask what they think.

Try skp at swienty.com ( Soren K. Pedersen)

 

[Appinpiper]

Does anybody else have these gaps in their swienty national polys? I bought 3 to try this year and after assembling and painting I noticed gaps between the tops and bottom of the hives when stacked on top of each other. The gaps are about 2mm all the way around except for the corners.

I have a National and that is fine