The weather has prevented any meaningful outside activity, so we moved inside on some of the beekeeping woodwork jobs. We normally use one piece plastic frames which require no assembly but may need waxing if they come unwaxed. Last year though our supplier couldn't get the one piece frames so sent wood and plastic (waxed) foundation. About 35 boxes worth, each frame is assembled plastic foundation inserted then mailed together with an air nail gun. What a pain we yu are used to taking them from the packing case and put them straight into supers. 350 frame took two of us about one day to finish, no doubt we would get quicker but I have no intention of finding out.
We took the wooden boxes out of retirement and filled them with the new frames, they are all now stacked and ready for a bumper harvest.
It never ceases to amaze me how much kit it takes to run our small operation of about 80 colonies, mind you in the past couple of years most of these boxes just sat here waiting for a flow which never came. I recon we have about the same number of boxes still in the field.
It never ceases to amaze me how much kit it takes to run our small operation of about 80 colonies, mind you in the past couple of years most of these boxes just sat here waiting for a flow which never came. I recon we have about the same number of boxes still in the field.
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