What did you do in the 'workshop' today

[Hachi]

Made a new stand, experimenting with a 2 ft height to see if it helps with the backache and made more frames with foundation after swarm collecting.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Made a roof for the swienty hive and then finished the Wedding Favours for my daughters big day on Sunday.

Really good Swarm. Have a wonderful day and don't cry!!!!

 

[pargyle]

This evening took apart my last remaining (still unused !) pallet wood Top bar hive and converted it into a 14 x 12 maxi nuc with space for 7 frames. Double skin walls and cavity wall insulation .. it will have a mesh floor which will clip onto the bottom of the hive like my Long Deep Hive ... and and and .... well ...it will have a roof but it's still in the planning stage ... perhaps tomorrow evening a bit more ? Sort of plan as I go job ! (Nothing changes ...)

 

[REDWOOD]

Sort of plan as I go job

Evolution

 

[einsteinagogo]

Time to clean the extractor so cleaned with cold water and pressure washer. Ready now for extraction. Also built 6 brood frames again for another captured swarm still need to build more for bb and supers also still need to build floor and roofs

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[Jagmn]

Built up 3 hive stands (including landing boards and frame holders) for the three new arrivals. Handy having bits of wood left over from rebuilding the garage roof & wood store.

 

[pargyle]

Sort of plan as I go job

Evolution

I like that word .... I will keep it if you don't mind.

As you know I do a bit of wood turning and inevitably my cavalier ways with a chisel get me into trouble and the original piece has to be modified, indeed, is occasionally unrecognisable as what was planned ... my wood turning mentor describes this as a 'design opportunity' ... I will offer this is return !!

Phil

 

[einsteinagogo]

Nothing had a day off building frames, and hives, roofs and floors!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Due to hiving two swarms and a demarree, a brief stocktake spurred me to make up another forty brood frames just in case, also cramped up another flatpack brood box that I happened to find in a dark corner of the shed .

 

[einsteinagogo]

completed final open mesh floors, and started on roofs, finished making brood frames, and now need to start in more shallow frames.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

fixed foundation in all the frames I made yesterday, made up some more crown boards and dummy boards. Might have to go shopping tomorrow, need some more hive stands!

 

[REDWOOD]

Stripped down an old pine deck that someone was getting rid of, wondering now if the glue thy use on furniture is good enough for a beehive

 

[Tom Bick]

Stripped down an old pine deck that someone was getting rid of, wondering now if the glue thy use on furniture is good enough for a beehive

It all depends how old? old old and probably animal glue and no good outside. Great glue but does not like the damp ; (

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

cut up timber for two hive stands and five under floor entrance OMF's, will put up the stands on the footpath when it is drier - floor will have to wait until I get some more 2 1/2" screws - oops!

 

[Jagmn]

Painted up 2 more MB langstroth polyhives and 2 polynucs . Now to get to work on the foundation-less frames…

Tempted to swap out the hive stands from last year and paint them in some preservative. They're still solid but look a little sorry for themselves; especially the landing boards.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Built hive stands and five OM floors - painting tomorrow after some work in the apiary

 

[einsteinagogo]

Cleaned rapid feeders and then placed in dishwasher for final clean. Washed 40 bottles for mead , syphoned first demijohn into bottles it tastes strong Hick!

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[REDWOOD]

There is nowhere to sit down to put my bee suit on so made a bench, I made it big enough for me a mate and a few cups of coffee, until SWMBO came home and took a instant like to it and threw me a plastic chair

 

[einsteinagogo]

Got my spanners and socket set to tighten honey bucket valves.!!!

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[einsteinagogo]

@Redwood nice bench..do you do mail order!!!

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