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zx10rmark Foraging Bee

Joined: 16 Aug 2012 Posts: 115 Location: Hessle East Yorkshire uk
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject: Just finished building my national hive. |
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Hello all ive just finished building my national hive and i have a question or two about the frames.
1. Do i use a whole wax foundation strip in the frames or do i cut them down.
2. Do i stick them in the center of the frame or stick them onto one of the sides. |
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ratcatcher Guest
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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if its from thornes, you should have instructions with it, but if not, just follow instructions on this link
http://youtu.be/8IEUfyxexvI
you could of course use strips like I do on top bar hives, but you would need to order wireless wax, if it was a flat pack, the normally come with wired wax
using a strip would mean it'll take them a little longer to fill, as they would need to make the rest of comb up |
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zx10rmark Foraging Bee

Joined: 16 Aug 2012 Posts: 115 Location: Hessle East Yorkshire uk
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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I built it from scratch from plans i downloaded from the internet |
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zx10rmark Foraging Bee

Joined: 16 Aug 2012 Posts: 115 Location: Hessle East Yorkshire uk
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the link ....Very usefull |
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happyculteur Foraging Bee

Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Posts: 117 Location: France, provence, (mountain climate)
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:05 am Post subject: |
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What I do on my conventional hive frames, is to just melt some wax to make a line along the underside of the top bar. The bees will do the rest. To add a little strength to the comb, I run 2 horizontal lengths of 30 lb. fishing wire between the sides of the frames. Keep these independant of each other, that way if the bees chew through one, the other still stays put. |
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vernonpurcell New Bee
Joined: 01 Jun 2014 Posts: 5 Location: uk
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zx10rmark wrote: | I built it from scratch from plans i downloaded from the internet |
Do you have the link for the national hive, I would love to get a copy of it. |
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johno Guard Bee
Joined: 08 Jun 2014 Posts: 60 Location: Limerick, Ireland
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