What did you do in the 'workshop' today

[Superlativesoul]

Made 3 new underfloor mesh floors for my national hives ,made from 20mm scrap pine that was in my wood pile .
John

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Made 3 new underfloor mesh floors for my national hives ,made from 20mm scrap pine that was in my wood pile .
John View attachment 40528

I've never found the need to use an entrance reducer on my UFE's - it's the whole point of them

 

[Superlativesoul]

I've never found the need to use an entrance reducer on my UFE's - it's the whole point of them

Thanks for the input ,I will not use them ,I was just copying the design .Makes sense when you think about it .Saves me having to make more .
John

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Thanks for the input ,I will not use them ,I was just copying the design .Makes sense when you think about it .Saves me having to make more .
John

have a look here
https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threa...-on-the-dartington-underfloor-entrance.46001/

 

[Superlativesoul]

have a look here
https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threa...-on-the-dartington-underfloor-entrance.46001/

Thank you ,the article answered a lot of questions regarding wasp attacks .and I understood mice cannot turn a sharp 90°.So full of benefits
John

 

[Wilco]

Not bee related but my sister got married last week and had asked for me to make a cake stand along a certain design. Two variants made, one used.

 

[Christine Hamilton]

Made 3 new underfloor mesh floors for my national hives ,made from 20mm scrap pine that was in my wood pile .
John View attachment 40528

Where did you get the mesh from?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Where did you get the mesh from?

The Mesh Company is where a lot of us get our mesh
Here's a link to their beekeeping stuff
Beekeepers' Mesh

 

[Superlativesoul]

Where did you get the mesh from?

Bought the mesh off Ebay,
good price no postage .
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32436454...frRYNU3TOq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
John

 

[user 819]

I will only use SS mesh as I vape from underneath.

 

[Anduril]

Bought the mesh off Ebay,
good price no postage .
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32436454...frRYNU3TOq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
John

They also sell SS, the company was at the Telford convention.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I will only use SS mesh as I vape from underneath.

and...
I've always vaped from underneath and some of the floor(either plain galv or plastic coated) are over fourteen years old - the woodwork rots away before the mesh does.

 

[Ely]

Ey up. I am going to make some Rhombus clearing boards.
Do you think this will provide a deep enough board for clearance? - https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Saw...a6Z43BtDTWFWnRJInIsaAm9LEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thanks

 

[Vanterrier]

Last time I used a rhombus escape board it was on a 2 inch eke. The supers cleared in no time but when I lifted the board off, the eke below was brim full of bees! It took a while and some smoke to get them to move down.
I think I will just use the rhombus board with a single bee space direct onto the tops of the frames next time...
K

 

[North End Bees]

I just use an empty super under the clearer board. The bees will still be hanging under the board but lift it gently off and a sharp tap will drop them into the empty super below.

 

[Vanterrier]

How long do you leave the empty super on? Or do you smoke them down like I had to with the eke?
K

 

[JamezF]

It has rained here for a fair bit of the day, so I've been doing more brood box/super repairs -- two of each, that have been sitting in the workshop for weeks waiting for me to find the time. Having a job really puts a crimp on one's free time. I'm really not sure I like it.

The brood boxes just had a lot of wear near the corners so (as per another thread) I've cut out the worn sections and fixed in some scraps of oak left over from making someone's camper van worktop One has walls only ½" thick, so I'll relegate that for use as a bait hive only.

One of the supers is poly and has a lovely circular indent of unknown origin in the outside and a few wax moth holes inside, so I'm filling those with car body filler. The other super is softwood and has a couple of rotten corners. I'll probably cut those out and replace with some of the oak as well, then paint it.

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Having a job really puts a crimp on one's free time.

you're telling me - 36 years and counting, the buggers even gave me a medal, not making much on ebay at the moment though.

 

[Erichalfbee]

you're telling me - 36 years and counting, the buggers even gave me a medal, not making much on ebay at the moment though.

Is that instead of a watch?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Is that instead of a watch?

A watch would have been more use - but knowing this lot it would have been made in Hong Kong and the numbers would fall off in six months.
Apparently these are the first medals to be struck with Carlo's head on, the first medals were actually struck and ready to issue when Liz was still milking the cash cow but she up and died before they were issued so the whole lot had to be melted down.