What do you HATE about beekeeping?

[Cussword]

I know they're looked down on but, the boxes from Mann Lake are really cheap.

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[BMH]

Buy a nail gun. And make up a frame jig to hold 8-10 frames.

Speeds up assembly by a a factor of 5-10.

I was so close to buying a nail gun yesterday!

can you recommend one?

Also, how do you go about building this jig?

 

[pargyle]

Buy a nail gun. And make up a frame jig to hold 8-10 frames.

Speeds up assembly by a a factor of 5-10.

I'm curious as well .. what does your jig look like ???

 

[bpmurray]

I'm curious as well .. what does your jig look like ???

+1

And Lidl do a nail gun that isn't fantastic, but it does the job and is very cheap.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I'm curious as well .. what does your jig look like ???

depends how much Guinness he's consumed and how good the band is

 

[Quis Custodiet]

If one plans to enter honey shows, it may be helpful to realise that in classes involving frames of honey, penalties may be incurred if staples and not gimp pins are used.

 

[Swarm]

What do you HATE ?......
All the sweating.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

What do you HATE ?......
All the sweating.

yes - like yesterday hoping that SWMBO wouldn't notice all my convention goodies before I had time to unload them into the chamber of secrets

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes, but your excuse is that it's all for the association
I had to explain more poly boxes to Stan!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

fortunately - she'd been out 'for a few drinks' with her colleagues in Cardiff Friday evening and must have had (in her words) 'a bad prawn' in her dinner so even if Big T's had dropped all the kit off outside from their lorry accompanied by Amanford Silver Band I doubt she'd have noticed

 

[tonyofarr]

I hate cleaning equipment, making new frames feels like a treat compared to clean-up. Oh, and the endless rain we seem to get. At the moment it is cold and wet so can't do anything with the bees, very frustrating because I know there are loads of frames to be replaced.

 

[madasafish]

+1

And Lidl do a nail gun that isn't fantastic, but it does the job and is very cheap.

http://tinyurl.com/zk6l55z is what I use.

see http://tinyurl.com/zx4r9nc

Size it for nats..(I use Langs).

I use a Lidl gun at £9.99.. so far it's still working after 300 nails.

 

[Tremyfro]

JBM....I doubt she'd have noticed ...
Ha ha....you are so gullible.....she will have noted every box,nail,frame,foundation and any other bee related equipment.....on her trips to the loo. I expect plans are afoot for a foray to the shops already.
And....The thing I dislike most about beekeeping is the awful weather dependency.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

http://tinyurl.com/zk6l55z is what I use.

see http://tinyurl.com/zx4r9nc

Size it for nats..(I use Langs).

I use a Lidl gun at £9.99.. so far it's still working after 300 nails.

One major flaw I can see with that is that you nail down through tghe top bar into the side bar.

 

[Sadders]

Disease.

 

[mbc]

Disease.

Good shout

 

[linoleum bonypart]

Jenkins makes me laugh and will have to try that Eric

 

[madasafish]

One major flaw I can see with that is that you nail down through tghe top bar into the side bar.

Once assembled without nails, I take them out of the frame - and nail them correctly/ properly...

 

[BMH]

http://tinyurl.com/zk6l55z is what I use.

see http://tinyurl.com/zx4r9nc

Size it for nats..(I use Langs).

I use a Lidl gun at £9.99.. so far it's still working after 300 nails.

That's freaking amazing!!!

I want one..

Or someone to just make the frames for me.

Those plastic ones look pretty nifty too.

 

[snelgrove]

wooden hives everything is so bloody heavy