What did you do in the 'workshop' today

[Plenty of honey]

DNothing to do with bees finishing up new video cabinet just the drawer to make now fit doors and glass before the frame building season starts

You should have been a Cabinet Maker, or i suppose you were?, lovely Job!!

 

[Otis Hogg]

Dummy boards

Made 10 dummy boards from a sheet of plywood I liberated from a skip. Have a look on my blog at https://riddlesdenbees.wordpress.com

 

[chrisb]

good blog will keep an eye on it.

 

[8ace]

You should have been a Cabinet Maker, or i suppose you were?, lovely Job!!

Thank you. 4 years cabinets beds cupboards etc out of my 28years in the trade the rest of the time desks doors stairs counters etc

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Made 10 dummy boards from a sheet of plywood I liberated from a skip. Have a look on my blog at https://riddlesdenbees.wordpress.com

They're not dummy boards - dummy frames rather and I don't know what use they'd be as all they do is give an extra double bee space where it's not needed. A dummy board is just a flat piece of ply with the top bar the same width so it sits flush against the spacer of your last frame thus becoming (as far as the bees are concerned) the hive wall. Any more beespace than what is afforded by the spacer on the last frame will just encourage the bees to build brace comb.

 

[Otis Hogg]

They're not dummy boards - dummy frames rather and I don't know what use they'd be as all they do is give an extra double bee space where it's not needed. A dummy board is just a flat piece of ply with the top bar the same width so it sits flush against the spacer of your last frame thus becoming (as far as the bees are concerned) the hive wall. Any more beespace than what is afforded by the spacer on the last frame will just encourage the bees to build brace comb.

I see what you mean, I should have used Dn1 frames not Dn4

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I see what you mean, I should have used Dn1 frames not Dn4

No - you'd still have a space - best bet is 8,10 or 12mm ply with the top bar the same width - no frame whatsoever.

 

[chrisb]

 

[BeeJayBee]

They're not dummy boards - dummy frames rather ...

I wish all the traders on ebay would label them properly, it's confusing for new beekeepers.

 

[chrisb]

there are only two on fleabay at moment who are actually selling the correct thing, all the rest are just frames with a bit of ply or cortex in them
and the ones that are correct there is no way on this earth I would pay there prices.

 

[nantmoel]

Made two Eke's (14x12)one for me and one for Obee1, I see no point in making one. Also made another double hive stand.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I wish all the traders on ebay would label them properly, it's confusing for new beekeepers.

They're probably too stupid to know any different

 

[Swarm]

Made two Eke's (14x12)one for me and one for Obee1, I see no point in making one. Also made another double hive stand.

Not quite sure here, do you mean don't see the point in buying one?

 

[nantmoel]

Not quite sure here, do you mean don't see the point in buying one?

No I made two, cut, planned, rebated and put together. Its just as quick to make two because of the 'set-up' time. I would have made more but didn't have enough wood.

 

[Swarm]

Ah, lol so the emphasis is on 'one' rather than 'making'.

 

[chrisb]

No I made two, cut, planned, rebated and put together. Its just as quick to make two because of the 'set-up' time. .

 

[user 6228]

" built" a wooden national in freecad. Today was putting in the combs, floor and the baffle that represents the varroa mesh. Tomorrow should with a bit of luck be putting in " brood" and the "nursing bees" or rather defining the volumes they occupy in the combs and the inter comb gaps.

 

[maddydog]

Finished renovating the new extraction room - new worktop, skirting, a lick of paint and the 15 frame electric extractor takes pride of place
Justwired up the new stc1000 controller and testing as I write.

 

[user 6228]

got the virtual bees and brood in the CAD and successfully got one frame of brood into the CFD model. Sometimes I think real beekeeping is easier

 

[Brian Bush]

Spent the wet miserable day in the garage working on my new NUC boxes.
3 Completed Hooray!!!!!
2 finished but need aluminium sheeting on the roof.
Then found two partials in the store, oh well the forecast is poor for tomorrow as well.