What did you do in the 'workshop' today

[colinc]

Acquired a dead fridge from a neighbour. Stripped all the working parts out of it and parts are arriving for a honey warming cabinet over the next week. Will cost me about £30 I reckon, but will enable me to deal with the OSR honey that is like concrete already 2 weeks after extraction.


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[einsteinagogo]

Acquired a dead fridge from a neighbour. Stripped all the working parts out of it and parts are arriving for a honey warming cabinet over the next week. Will cost me about £30 I reckon, but will enable me to deal with the OSR honey that is like concrete already 2 weeks after extraction.


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I have a warming cabinet, just a tip, keep an eye on the temperature not so much that it damages the granulated OSR, but I found that the weight of the honey in the frames, my fan stopped working in the cabinet (although there is a thermostat), causing a hot spot, and the wax in the frames collapsed with the weight of the honey!

temperature never went above 40 degrees C! from what I could see, thats what the thermostat is set to.

leaving a nice mess on the floor of the cabinet!

I now have 6 temperature probes, through the cabinet reporting temperature to the cloud in real time, using ESP8266 modules!

 

[colinc]

I have a warming cabinet, just a tip, keep an eye on the temperature not so much that it damages the granulated OSR, but I found that the weight of the honey in the frames, my fan stopped working in the cabinet (although there is a thermostat), causing a hot spot, and the wax in the frames collapsed with the weight of the honey!

temperature never went above 40 degrees C! from what I could see, thats what the thermostat is set to.

leaving a nice mess on the floor of the cabinet!

I now have 6 temperature probes, through the cabinet reporting temperature to the cloud in real time, using ESP8266 modules!

Ha. Nice.
This is going to be for making creamed honey from buckets of set honey and to ease jarring up. I don't intend to warm frames.


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[einsteinagogo]

Ha. Nice.
This is going to be for making creamed honey from buckets of set honey and to ease jarring up. I don't intend to warm frames.


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ah, okay, I have a separate warming cabinet for warming honey in buckets, this one is for warming granulated OSR in frames, but they are inside supers!

surprised me when frames collapsed! as I was going to extract them, I just ended up with a mess!

lesson learned! don't use cheap fans which burn out!

 

[colinc]

I will bear it in mind. Planning to use a pc fan in mine. See how it works.


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[nantmoel]

I will bear it in mind. Planning to use a pc fan in mine. See how it works.


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I got a PC fan in mine, I used a 12V power supply to power it.

 

[colinc]

Suspected it would be fine at 40degC


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[Hachi]

Following the carnage to Mrs H's kitchen over the weekend as my first foray in wax recovery came to a close followed seamlessly with the subsequent B******ing, I've now made myself a wax steamer. I have covered an old floor in an aluminium sheet that was destined to be a roof covering, I've pressed back into service the first brood box I bought when I started out from fragile planet and have made a roof with a hole in it for the wallpaper steamer.

Does anyone know the internal thread of the steamer pipe? I think they are a universal fitting, its similar to the one Th***es sells but mine came from Gumtree. I njeed it for the roof.

Thanks

 

[Hachi]

Also, I can't believe I "dissed" Electric nail guns, I wouldn't be without mine now for anything.

 

[Dadnlad]

Made up and fitted foundation to my 'spare' 50 super frames - hopefully not just in time for the June gap

 

[deanrpwaacs]

Made up and fitted foundation to my 'spare' 50 super frames - hopefully not just in time for the June gap

Doesnt look like there will be a gap down here . Bramble just opening up and lime not far from it either .

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[Hachi]

I have a stately home type place near me with huge listed lime trees. Will my bee's get on it...... not for the last five years

 

[denise washington]

i just drilled a hole size of the steamer pipe then just filed round hole till it was a tight fit works ok not blown off as well

 

[pargyle]

Does anyone know the internal thread of the steamer pipe? I think they are a universal fitting, its similar to the one Th***es sells but mine came from Gumtree. I njeed it for the roof.

Thanks

Just drill a hole big enough to get the steamer hose through - and poke it through into the box .. it does not need to be sealed shut ... thoise wall paper steamers chuck out masses of steam so it has to escape from somewhere.

 

[denise washington]

thats just what i did pargyle but mine was a tight fit but it has a little hole in top of barrel that lets steam escape works well

 

[Fusion_power]

I've got the cypress all stacked with separator strips in the greenhouse to dry. I had set out a 1 X 8 x 10ft and let it dry enough to cut. I made rough cut parts for deep bottom boards today. I'll let them dry a few more days and then cut to final shape. I want all of my hives on the deep bottoms aka slatted racks because it helps with the heat and humidity.

 

[bjosephd]

I've got the cypress all stacked with separator strips in the greenhouse to dry. I had set out a 1 X 8 x 10ft and let it dry enough to cut. I made rough cut parts for deep bottom boards today. I'll let them dry a few more days and then cut to final shape. I want all of my hives on the deep bottoms aka slatted racks because it helps with the heat and humidity.

Fusion power, been meaning to ask you...

You have your big fat deep single brood boxes. Then do you or do you not use an excluder? And how shallow are the shallows you use on top?

I've been toying with the idea of super deep brood boxes with super shallow supers.

 

[Fusion_power]

Excluders are required with this style beekeeping to keep the queen out of supers. I do not have excluders yet. They are not made or sold in the U.S. so I had to order them from Swienty. That has taken 5 months so far but they are promised to be delivered sometime in the next 2 weeks.

I am using square shallow supers that are 5 11/16 inches (145 mm) deep. They hold standard shallow 5 1/4 inch frames available here in the U.S. A full box of honey weighs about 50 pounds (22.7 kg).

I strongly advise reading Brother Adam's Beekeeping At Buckfast Abbey. He states that he used excluders. After managing these hives for a year, I understand why.

 

[Insy]

Well been building up the confidence to give a hive stand a go today, my woodworking skills are some what of level with a baby .

Wanted to get 1 built get measurements then look around for best prices on timber to build several more. I'm very happy with how it turned out considering I went old school and just used a hand saw, ruler, pencil, tape measure ratchets etc.

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[victor meldrew]

Well been building up the confidence to give a hive stand a go today, my woodworking skills are some what of level with a baby .



Wanted to get 1 built get measurements then look around for best prices on timber to build several more. I'm very happy with how it turned out considering I went old school and just used a hand saw, ruler, pencil, tape measure ratchets etc.



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Well done . One criticism is the front to back size !
For the sake of being able to hang a frame in there , you have narrowed the margin of error when it comes to positioning a heavy , occupied hive on there . Even adjusting super alignment can cause you to push the hive into an unstable position .
Easily altered if required !


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