nonstandard
Field Bee
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2009
- Messages
- 621
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- Location
- North Derbyshire UK
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 9 colonies & 2 nucs
I'm in the middle of butchering some ply into national supers to go with my nice new cedar 14 x12's I have the sides and ends cut glued and nailed and bizzarely they have turned out to be square too.
Today I had a trial run on making the rails and found some 1" x 2" tanalised lath which I practiced on and successfully made two bottom rails.
As the rails are unlikely to come into contact with the honey, have minimal contact with the bees and will be stained down with cuprinol anyway is there a good reason not to use the treated timber for making the rest of the rails or should I use some untreated wood and paint that with cuprinol?
Archtimber.co.uk state;
Can TANALISED E pressure treated timber be use for the construction of bee hives?
TANALISED E pressure treated timber is suitable for use in a bee hive. However, you should not use it for internal elements of the hive that will come into direct contact with honey.
Today I had a trial run on making the rails and found some 1" x 2" tanalised lath which I practiced on and successfully made two bottom rails.
As the rails are unlikely to come into contact with the honey, have minimal contact with the bees and will be stained down with cuprinol anyway is there a good reason not to use the treated timber for making the rest of the rails or should I use some untreated wood and paint that with cuprinol?
Archtimber.co.uk state;
Can TANALISED E pressure treated timber be use for the construction of bee hives?
TANALISED E pressure treated timber is suitable for use in a bee hive. However, you should not use it for internal elements of the hive that will come into direct contact with honey.
