What did you do in the 'workshop' today

[Penninetrader]

Least labour and best result (in the field): don't use the plastic.

Seems to me that spares to enable swapover would mean whatever solution found would be much easier back at base

 

[Swarm]

Stove on and the lovely smell of beeswax as I made a start rendering the first sack of cleaned cappings. I was doing OK with a few nice blocks of wax cooling down, when I remembered I had a vet's appointment for my dog so I'll get back to it tomorrow.

 

[JamezF]

It's that time of year, so today I've been doing some wrapping. No, not that kind!

I'm not sure I'm quite ready to attempt a full-size car yet, but I don't think the bees will mind the odd wrinkle. It's cost me just over £1.20 per nuc by buying offcuts and if it lasts longer than paint (which wouldn't have to be very long, to be fair; I seem to need to repaint some of my poly nucs at best every other year) then I shall be a happy beekeeper.

James

 

[Erichalfbee]

It's that time of year, so today I've been doing some wrapping. No, not that kind!

I'm not sure I'm quite ready to attempt a full-size car yet, but I don't think the bees will mind the odd wrinkle. It's cost me just over £1.20 per nuc by buying offcuts and if it lasts longer than paint (which wouldn't have to be very long, to be fair; I seem to need to repaint some of my poly nucs at best every other year) then I shall be a happy beekeeper.

James

 

[Penninetrader]

You have been a busy lad, they deffo will not get lost in a crowd. You will have to keep your eye out for camouflage to wrap your out apiary boxes.

 

[JamezF]

You have been a busy lad, they deffo will not get lost in a crowd. You will have to keep your eye out for camouflage to wrap your out apiary boxes.

It would be handy Sadly it obviously depends on what people have left over from their normal jobs (or there are some I've seen that are faulty batches of wrap with creases in or mis-matched colours) hence some of these are going to be visible from space...

James