Used XPS?

[Poly Hive]

Please refer to this link before posting?

https://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/foam-board-insulation-values/

The material I am referring to is the blue one labelled: Extruded Polystyrene Foam.

I have used it in the past and it glues and screws well, with a normal exterior wood glue.

I have no interest in any other material, just this one thanks.

PH

 

[Lancs Lad]

Poly I think the foam you have got is Styrofoam RTM-X it is a high compression foam used in refrigerated wagons. I have over 30 five and six frame nuc boxes made from it and they are going into their eighth year with no problems. I just cut them out with a Stanley type knife and glue together with Stixall adhesive , they cost about £6.50 each to make

 

[Poly Hive]

The stuff I currently have is Dupont. I have ekes made from it which are several years old but before I set sail on making up nuc boxes I was hoping for some tips from users with some decent experience of it.

PH

 

[Lancs Lad]

DuPont make Styrofoam RTM,-X

 

[Poly Hive]

Many thanks Lancs Lad I am planning on making brood boxes to go on top of my Maisemore nucs to create brood factories.

PH

 

[citrus]

Poly I think the foam you have got is Styrofoam RTM-X it is a high compression foam used in refrigerated wagons. I have over 30 five and six frame nuc boxes made from it and they are going into their eighth year with no problems. I just cut them out with a Stanley type knife and glue together with Stixall adhesive , they cost about £6.50 each to make

this is interesting then !

So did you buy the foam new in sheets ... or can you get it 2nd hand ?

 

[Poly Hive]

I was given mine some 10 years ago, about 10 sheets of and have now finished it. Its about £6-50 a sheet, 8 x 4 so not massively expensive and cuts very neatly on a table saw but.... it can grab the blade and fly so it needs very careful handling.

You can see it in skips on housing developments.

PH

 

[Madge]

You are confusing miner bees (usually solitary) with honey bees, which do not excavate nests.

Your lack of basic bee biology is very worrying.

Haven’t you ever accidentally dropped a frame of bees on the ground and saw the bees burrowing deeper into the grass, rather than all flying up into the air? I think burrowing is a basic honey bee instinct.

 

[Beefriendly]

I think burrowing is a basic honey bee instinct.

Mellifera, I would never describe a main characteristic of honey bees as a burrowing. I think that is a description more accurately applied to bees that actually dig out and create their own burrows, like Mining bees.
Only place I've ever seen honey bees described as such is some posts on this thread.

 

[Lancs Lad]

this is interesting then !

So did you buy the foam new in sheets ... or can you get it 2nd hand ?

You buy it in sheets 2500x600 I get two 5 frame nucs out of one sheet, for nucs I use 30mm and buy it from a company called SIG, they have depots all over the UK

 

[citrus]

You buy it in sheets 2500x600 I get two 5 frame nucs out of one sheet, for nucs I use 30mm and buy it from a company called SIG, they have depots all over the UK

so you make 4 sides and a floor then screw it together ... the bought nucs have a nice (if thin) lid ... what do you do for the lid ... got any pics?

 

[Repwoc]

... buy it from a company called SIG, they have depots all over the UK

I can't see it on their website. http://www.siginsulation.co.uk/

Maybe the product name has changed.

 

[Poly Hive]

The generic name is what I posted up in the first place.

Sig are not local to me either and I suspect the same for many. So...

Dove are my local guys as are Travis Perkins. And both of them carry the product or similar.

PH

 

[Lancs Lad]

 

[Lancs Lad]

so you make 4 sides and a floor then screw it together ... the bought nucs have a nice (if thin) lid ... what do you do for the lid ... got any pics?

I don't use any screws it is all glued together.
I buy it at Manchester SIG and it is not listed on their website, if you Google Styrofoam rtm-x you can find other suppliers

 

[Madge]

Mellifera, I would never describe a main characteristic of honey bees as a burrowing. I think that is a description more accurately applied to bees that actually dig out and create their own burrows, like Mining bees.
Only place I've ever seen honey bees described as such is some posts on this thread.

I did not say it was a 'main characteristic'! I said it was a basic instinct (huge difference) - and I think that is true, probably in common with all bee species.

Also, honey bees being burrowing insects is not a new idea. I've heard or read it before - although, unfortunately, I can't remember where.

 

[Newbeeneil]

5 minute PU glue is best.. see ebay https://tinyurl.com/y4jhhkum.. It foams up so use as little consistent with your cutting skills - great for filling imperfections...

YOU MUST wear gloves and old clothes as PU glue is impossible to remove from clothes and v difficult - and unsightly - on hands..

That's what I use when making hives anyway. I always where latex gloves as in a previous life I had a company laying PU resins and if I went on site I would always get covered in it!

 

[Beefriendly]

I did not say it was a 'main characteristic'! I said it was a basic instinct (huge difference) - .

I've never heard or read that burrowing was a basic honey bee instinct. Happy to be corrected.

 

[Anduril]

I've never heard or read that burrowing was a basic honey bee instinct. Happy to be corrected.

This may help
http://williethebeeman.com/the-hidden-damage-caused-by-honeybees/

Also I once had a floor with a small entrance, the bees made a lovely job of rounding the square edge of the brood box above it. But please feel free not to believe it, I won't be offended

 

[Beefriendly]

This may help
http://williethebeeman.com/the-hidden-damage-caused-by-honeybees/

Also I once had a floor with a small entrance, the bees made a lovely job of rounding the square edge of the brood box above it. But please feel free not to believe it, I won't be offended

Willy the beeman...you are extracting the micturation.