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Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:10 Nov 2019, 01:01
by MickBBKA
NigelP wrote:
20 Sep 2019, 20:15
After buying some of the Abelo adjustable stands (just add wood) There is n o going back. Brilliant, take 4 hives and can be set up level on any terrain. One of my heather sites is on a big slope...worth their weight in gold....they aren't cheap but perhaps not that expensive...
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Tackle Tart :D :D

Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:11 Nov 2019, 22:22
by Japey Edge
Asked my brother to knock up some clear crown boards for me. Bridle jointed corners - impressed! I might even start selling them!
Ha! I like a bit of DIY but he's got a lot more skill than me at stuff like this.

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Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:12 Nov 2019, 17:50
by Alfred
Beautiful.

Keep the depth down or they'll brace comb for sport.

Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:12 Nov 2019, 20:36
by Patrick
Your brother take commissions by any chance? ;)

Nice work!

Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:13 Nov 2019, 09:28
by Japey Edge
Haha yes Patrick he makes all sorts of things, quite a lot out of recycled timber where possible.
He has the ability and the kit, whereas I just throw stuff together and rely on my drills and chopsaw :lol:

Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:10 Feb 2020, 09:09
by Japey Edge
Here's the latest that he's made for me. I pay him of course :D

Tunnel Entrance Floors. To replace my Abelo poly floors. I just need to add the mesh in and get them painted.

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Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:10 Feb 2020, 18:04
by Chrisbarlow
They look really good. They look similar to the apiarist blog ones.

Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:11 Feb 2020, 09:49
by Japey Edge
Thanks Chris, there's probably some influence from there. I found a lot of information on another forum and was sent some plans and adapted mine to suit me. Thinking long term I went for a footprint of 460x460 rather than having an extended landing board. Will be better for packaging away.

Hopefully next season I will see the bees better defend against wasps.

Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:11 Feb 2020, 13:06
by NigelP
Alas, not with underfloor entrances, despite many peoples claims.
I think the logic works something like this.... I have a strong colony on an underfloor entrances that isn't getting bothered by wasps, ergo the underfloor entrance is the wasp deterrent.
Nope, it's having a strong colony. If you have a weak colony on an underfloor entrances they can still be decimated by wasps, assuming the wasps find them.....which isn't always the case. You can get a weak colony not even bothered by wasps because easier forage is available for the wasps. It's complex and there are more factors involved than many suspect.
I've seen it happen in weak Langstroths with narrower underfloor entrances than the ones' you've made,....I'd make some of Steve's tunnel entrances to slip inside just in case...or some like those cable trunk ones you kindly fitted to my Nuc.

I like the simplicity of the tunnel entrance as it can be slid in when required and narrowed down as required with extra shims of wood. See Steve's pictures below.
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Re: What are you currently making in the shed/garage/kitchen/patio/living room that's bee related

PostPosted:11 Feb 2020, 15:11
by Japey Edge
Nice one cheers Nigel! I was thinking about making something to reduce the entrance of the floors I have had made, if need be. Could make something like what Steve made.

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