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A quick bee hive top - just a box really - paulmon - 08-29-2018
We split a hive recently but found out we didn’t have a top. An emergency piece of sheet rock worked but winter rains are coming! This is essentially just another way to make a box so I thought I’d share it here.
https://youtu.be/NIk_aVxNEM4
RE: A quick bee hive top - just a box really - Stwood_ - 08-29-2018
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RE: A quick bee hive top - just a box really - Duane N - 08-29-2018
Nice job on the box lid and I'm sorry...I laughed as you said "What could go wrong" and knew what was coming. Famous last words.
RE: A quick bee hive top - just a box really - paulmon - 08-29-2018
The good news is that I've been stung enough that it doesn't really hurt that much. But it's still an unpleasant shock when it happens.
RE: A quick bee hive top - just a box really - Cecil - 08-29-2018
(08-29-2018, 07:19 PM)paulmon Wrote: The good news is that I've been stung alot.
so what is the bad news?
When I was a teenager, when I worked my dad's apiary, I wore short or 3/4 sleeves. I would wear the face net and put rubber bands around my sleeves to keep the bees from crawling up. Even after smoking them, you could count on a few stings. Like you say, it is annoying, but not much more.
RE: A quick bee hive top - just a box really - paulmon - 09-05-2018
Finally got the mesh for the mesh for the screen top. Since the wood work was already done, it was a quick job to get it all wrapped up.
https://youtu.be/2-T5R65c_q4