Hi people, I have been thinking about Hot wax dipping for wood preserving reasons. I have heard that boxes that are hot wax dipped do not need to be painted. ...
Don Nairn
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Mar 6, 2001 10:57 pm
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Hi People, What are your thoughts on hive stands? Last spring my hives that were on stands came out of winter a lot earlier I think this is because if the ...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Mar 6, 2001 11:42 pm
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A few folk here in South Africa use hot wax and emerse their hive equipment in it. It works well, but if you use glue on the joints the glue is ineffective....
Lear, Eddy(ENL)
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Mar 7, 2001 6:40 am
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Don Nairn asks for advice on hive stands and I must confess that, being selfish, I used them more for my own convenience than for the bees' welfare. Height...
Rex Boys
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Mar 7, 2001 9:51 am
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I have found that two landscape timbers (3"x5" x8') placed on top of three concrete building blocks make a great hive stand for two (and if need be three)...
BOGANSKY,RONALD J.
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Mar 7, 2001 1:35 pm
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If you put used carpet brown side up under the stand it will stop the vegetation from growing, and the brown color does not look to bad... Community email...
Jim Arthur
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Mar 7, 2001 2:01 pm
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... I agree absolutely. The centre space is also useful without a nuc box for hanging frames during manipulations. I usually make two-hive stands with space...
Anthony Morgan
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Mar 7, 2001 2:20 pm
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Dear Ronald and my BEE KEEPING associates worldwide, We manufacture colapsable/ fixed and easy to carry iron HIVE STANDS apart from other bee keeping...
MANISH KUMAR
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Mar 7, 2001 2:42 pm
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Hi Every body! Please find enclosed photographs of our hive stands.These are available on order in bulk quantities and are very useful for bees and the farmer...
MANISH KUMAR
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Apr 9, 2001 7:02 am
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Hi all I am trying to find out if it is possible to make an excluder that queens can pass through, but drones cannot. Does anyone know if there are any...
Pav
bobhog@...
Apr 10, 2001 11:05 am
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I've never heard of one. although I have only been keeping bees for a few years. If you dont mind my asking, why would you want to exclude drones and only...
Wilkinson, Tom ...
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Apr 10, 2001 1:39 pm
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Sure, it should be possible - I believe drone thoraxes are larger than queen's. Queenless colonies often produce small drones, but I don't believe they are...
John Edwards
edwards@...
Apr 10, 2001 4:51 pm
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... Was my impression too, but i thought someone would already have measured sometime, and could say without ME having to go through the tedium - wrong list...
Pav
bobhog@...
Apr 10, 2001 11:59 pm
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... - reports of our immediate institutional demise seem to be greatly exaggerated. (;-) - John http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/home/edwards/edwards.html...
John Edwards
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Apr 11, 2001 12:14 am
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... sometime, and could say ... probably. And aside from my ... You should have a few second- ... tricky to test logistically)? ... Bee-L... ... managed hives...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Apr 11, 2001 12:28 am
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... Usually (in my experience) the drones only pour out of an opened colony during their usual flight time - late morning to late afternoon, depending on the ...
John Edwards
edwards@...
Apr 11, 2001 1:06 am
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... sometime, and could say ... probably. And aside from my ... You should have a few second- ... tricky to test logistically)? ... Bee-L... ... managed hives...
Don Nairn
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Apr 11, 2001 2:09 am
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... Sorry Don, i'm not the whizz-kid you'll need for that trick. Aye, there will be some escapees. I'm thinking more of a numbers game - the more of those...
Pav
bobhog@...
Apr 11, 2001 11:43 am
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Pav The German company that manufactured drone excluders, was called Neuner. They are rumoured to have been taken over. The rumour is nearly two years old. ...
Dave Cushman
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Apr 11, 2001 3:50 pm
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Thanks Dave, i suspected you'd come through for me, but decided to try some other avenues in case - i don't expect to just have everything fall in my lap (no...
Pav
bobhog@...
Apr 12, 2001 12:50 am
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Hi pav There are two designs of drone excluder... one uses round wire and the other uses parallel flat strip rounded on the edges. The flat strip version is...
Dave Cushman
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Apr 12, 2001 8:49 am
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Hi all Some while back I found some information on the net to make bumble bee hives. I now cannot find these web pages any more. Does anyone have a URL for...
chris rudge
chris@...
Apr 12, 2001 5:50 pm
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Here's one of the sites I'd found with info on bumblebee hives: http://members.aol.com/beetools/bumble.htm I think I might have seen plans elsewhere as well...
ddhess@...
Apr 12, 2001 9:49 pm
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Hello, We're a french company located in Lyon ( France ). A new process allowing the harvest of honey without human and industrial contact has been introduced...
comrc
ovigoureux@...
Apr 16, 2001 9:30 pm
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Hi People, I am going to be making escape boards in the near future. What are peoples thoughts on. What size hole should be drilled in the center of the board?...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Apr 16, 2001 11:35 pm
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Hi Don, I assume you are talking about the triangular shaped bee escape boards, and if that is the case, I drilled a 2 1/4 inch hole in all of mine. It was...
Carm
beekeeper82@...
Apr 17, 2001 12:00 am
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... Thanks I assume they work ok. I was wondering if there is a optimum size. I would guess that too small and the bees would be physically restricted but if...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Apr 17, 2001 12:25 am
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Hi All Hole size is relatively unimportant... I have used 33 mm & 38 mm with no problems. I do not think it matters...But the bees treat holes of 100 mm or...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Apr 17, 2001 11:03 am
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Hi, I am Bee Gadgets subscriber in the Province of Alberta, Canada. I was fascinated by your system. How much would it cost to send me one to try out this...
Allan Brennan
Allan.Brennan@...
Apr 17, 2001 10:54 pm
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Hi Allen I have been using Palm computers since 1997. The original use was to develop handheld invoicing for a Milkman, my son Ben. For bees I have been using...
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