Wooden queen excluder?

[astabada]

Hi everyone,
last year I bought a cheap hive on ebay (got an entire new hive for 60£) but the queen excluder that was included is entirely made of wood. At first glance it doesn't look great as the wood is not perfectly smooth, could this be a problem? I'm thinking about their wings getting ruined in the long term..

 

[beebopalula]

Hi everyone,
last year I bought a cheap hive on ebay (got an entire new hive for 60£) but the queen excluder that was included is entirely made of wood. At first glance it doesn't look great as the wood is not perfectly smooth, could this be a problem? I'm thinking about their wings getting ruined in the long term..

Bet it came with illegal immigrants who slipped through the excluder.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Bamboo excluder - handy if you want to steam a whole fish over the barbecue, but i wouldn't trust it

 

[richardbees]

I'm thinking about their wings getting ruined in the long term

that's not the problem, it's probably bamboo and will inevitably warp thus allowing the Q to get thru. They used to be on sale all over eBay.....I'm waiting for someone to advertise "hand knitted QEs

 

[Luminos]

Don't leave your smoker on it

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Where can one get wooden queens then?

Dusty

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Where can one get wooden queens then?

Dusty

I had one spare last month - well, she wooden lay anyway!!

baboom tish!

 

[VEG]

ohhh I wooden have bought one of those

 

[MuswellMetro]

ohhh I wooden have bought one of those

Well my SBI last week saw one of a member's hive and was ecstatic about how sustainable and how nice is was

it appeared to work ok, and no problems so far as i saw

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Well my SBI last week saw one of a member's hive and was ecstatic about how sustainable and how nice is was

it appeared to work ok, and no problems so far as i saw

Only in London eh!

 

[alanf]

Well my SBI last week saw one of a member's hive and was ecstatic about how sustainable and how nice is was

it appeared to work ok, and no problems so far as i saw

And did C******* try scrubbing one repeatedly in washing soda?