What to Cover Feed holes with?

[gwt_uk]

Hello all,

What do people use to cover up the feed holes in crown boards?

Thanks

 

[Poly Hive]

None of mine have them. All they do is let warmth out. Porters are a total waste of time in the first place and it's time the makers stopped making the holes. If the penny dropped they could sell them with the holes scribed for them who are desperate for them and save money at the same time.

PH

 

[The Poot]

Plywood scraps or thin ceramic tiles here.
Whatever you use the bees will glue them down

 

[Ian123]

Most of mine have some mesh over, if they’ve been scraped off at any point the bees soon close the holes this time of year.

 

[Swarm]

Piece of ply, piece of correx, piece of slate.

 

[Norton Caff]

Takeaway container lids with the edges removed. Correx offcuts. One had the foil from apiguard well propolysed on.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Card board, inspection board, mesh, poly carb from maisemore nucs, anything plasticy they stick down well.
I have used gaffa tape but they chew through that even if it's double sided same with strong cardboard, mesh they seal up

 

[Michael Palmer]

Duct tape, of course.

 

[E&MBees]

Old plant labels, held in place with drawing pins on the wooden crown boards.

 

[lindsay s]

Most of mine have some mesh over, if they’ve been scraped off at any point the bees soon close the holes this time of year.

I have used mesh over the holes for more than 30 years plus an empty super above the crown board and then the roof. (Smith hives) Believe it or not most of my colonies won’t completely seal the mesh. They do have solid floors but the under side of the roofs tend to be quite wet by the springtime probably because of the damp air rising. I’m trying out some quilts for the first time this year and I have my new Abelo poly hives to compare with. I’m in a bit of a dilemma wether to have the roof right on top or leave an empty super in between because the quilts are quite thin.

 

[madasafish]

Labels from champagne bottles.
Failing that, wooden cigar box lids. - (Cuban of course)

 

[gmonag]

A sheet of PIR insulation, covering the whole crown board, all year.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Labels from champagne bottles.
Failing that, wooden cigar box lids. - (Cuban of course)

You posh bugger... What's wrong with eddy Kings?

 

[Hachi]

Anything that covers the hole.

 

[Boston Bees]

Anything that covers the hole.

An excellent answer to so many of the questions that life throws up.

 

[deemann1]

6mm ply off cuts and the bees glue them down themselves

 

[Hachi]

An excellent answer to so many of the questions that life throws up.

Glad to be of service

 

[Anduril]

Acrylic glass that was originally for the crownboards for maisemore poly hives.

 

[0bee-1]

i used bits of ply but mostly pieces of perspex cut to size so i can see inside the hive or top super

 

[Bakerbee]

Ceramic tiles, Bees propolis them so well I don't have to move them when leaning crown board on its side during inspection, except when it's super hot.