dclewis
House Bee
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2010
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- 262
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- Location
- Normandy/Paris France
- Hive Type
- Dadant
- Number of Hives
- 9
I'm a recent purchaser of a Varrox sublimator.
This winter I had hives that were nadired. My hives are top bee space, so the bottom of the frames in the nadirs are level with the bottom of the box.
I treated using the Varrox with a heating time of 3'45" to sublimate 2g of OA. (I have dadant hives)
On first inspection this spring over the weekend I also took the nadirs off.
To my horror I noticed quite a lot of heavy scorching to the bottom bars of a couple of frames and the wax had melted in a chinney between the frames that were above where the varrox had been placed.
Has anyone else experienced such damage?
Has a Varrox ever set a hive on fire?
If the temperature is hot enough on the faces of the frames to melt wax surely its too hot for any bees that might be clustered above where the heater is placed?
I was thinking that I may have to chock up the boxes whilst treating to get clearance between the heater and the frames but that won't get round the wax melting problem.
Has anyone else noticed these problems. What suggestions do you have to avoid these problems?
Thanks.
This winter I had hives that were nadired. My hives are top bee space, so the bottom of the frames in the nadirs are level with the bottom of the box.
I treated using the Varrox with a heating time of 3'45" to sublimate 2g of OA. (I have dadant hives)
On first inspection this spring over the weekend I also took the nadirs off.
To my horror I noticed quite a lot of heavy scorching to the bottom bars of a couple of frames and the wax had melted in a chinney between the frames that were above where the varrox had been placed.
Has anyone else experienced such damage?
Has a Varrox ever set a hive on fire?
If the temperature is hot enough on the faces of the frames to melt wax surely its too hot for any bees that might be clustered above where the heater is placed?
I was thinking that I may have to chock up the boxes whilst treating to get clearance between the heater and the frames but that won't get round the wax melting problem.
Has anyone else noticed these problems. What suggestions do you have to avoid these problems?
Thanks.