What did you do in the 'workshop' today

[Hivemaker.]

It's all getting rather silly.

.....said, Alice.

 

[Swarm]

? If you check my design There is no 'opening' that has the varroa tray apart from the whole OMF - looks like adding insulation is going to do more harm than good - so I'll scrap that idea from now on.
It's all getting rather silly.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

.....said, Alice.

Hey - how I dress on a Saturday night is entirely my business - how did you know?

 

[REDWOOD]

It wasn't me

 

[drex]

Made up some multi frame dummies ready for Ben Harden method of queen raising as per Dave Cushman's site

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Carried on making floors - cut up a load of ply to make hive roofs

 

[youngyoungs]

Steamed the wax off some frames. Used the oldest brood box to hold them and I'm not sure it will last. Anyone used a poly box with a steamer? Will they survive?

 

[user 6228]

? If you check my design There is no 'opening' that has the varroa tray apart from the whole OMF - looks like adding insulation is going to do more harm than good - so I'll scrap that idea from now on.
It's all getting rather silly.

Where do I find your design? Some hives have the opening for the tray starting at OMF mesh. This gives very different characteristics compared to when the opening is some distance lower.

 

[Erichalfbee]

A bit like this?

 

[wessexmario]

that's the one.

(my avatar illustrates, imitation is the best form of flattery )

 

[user 6228]

A bit like this?

If it's like that one then its fine.

In other hives that lose nearly all the heat through the roof then it doesn't make much difference as you can't lose the same heat twice.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Where do I find your design?

Here -

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=26994
slightly diferent tweak to the PDF plans furnished, but basically the same
I now use 50x100mm cls for the side and 38mm sq rail for the back

 

[pargyle]

I thought I would knock one of these up but I had to go to work and ran out of time:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/MKikHxKeodA?rel=0

Keep watching ....

Made over 200 years ago ... with hand tools ....

 

[bontbee]

Just stunning!!!

 

[bontbee]

Made up the last of the supers purchased in the Jan sale

 

[Hivemaker.]

Made over 200 years ago ... with hand tools ....

You were busy, did you make them on your own... how many hours did it take you to make one from scratch, raw timber, the same as in the video, with all the intricate art work, mechanisms etc, etc?

 

[pargyle]

You were busy, did you make them on your own... how many hours did it take you to make one from scratch, raw timber, the same as in the video, with all the intricate art work, mechanisms etc, etc?

I think if I had started 200 years ago I would STILL be making it ... just a stunning bit of craftsmanship and ingenuity from an age before electricity - don't you sometimes feel we have lost rather than gained some skills ?

 

[BeeJayBee]

- don't you sometimes feel we have lost rather than gained some skills ?

Not really. That sort of craftsmen were few and far between. There are still people with those skills, it's just that their things aren't marketed through B+Q!

 

[Canary Honey]

I thought I would knock one of these up but I had to go to work and ran out of time:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/MKikHxKeodA?rel=0

Keep watching ....

Made over 200 years ago ... with hand tools ....

Thought you had forgotten where you left your pencil

Exquisite

 

[Hivemaker.]

- don't you sometimes feel we have lost rather than gained some skills ?

No i don't, the skills are still around, just that the rat race, money oriented, clock governed, I want it now, immediately, society, does not give this kind of thing much of a chance to be so widely practiced, as it did back in the days when time was no object.