I use the same hive tool it’s great for the poly boxes because of the Schafer on it and I already cut with a grinder the notches on the in side of the hook to stop the frame sliding off. Two minds think a like me thinks 😂😂
What a difference a week make's with the weather. They are some decent Super's. I bought some last year, apparently they were made in spain. And they were ropey, never again.
The "HT" on the supers indicate that the super has been heat treated, same as Euro-Pallets that are used in the food industry. I use nine frames in my Supers and am very happy with it. The odd bit about the new supers ist that the beespace is above the frames, rather than below. Having the bee space above meanse the frames wobble during transport, which explains the need for the wire rakes mid-waist of the super to stabilize the frames.
we have to remove the wire supports as you know because they get converted to 8's per box and to be honest the frames "wobbling" as you say is never an issue in the supers. I wish that came without them, just another thing to sort out.
with that code you can see by who the wood was treated. PT means the country 4304 is the builder license to treat the wood and HT that was heat treated. in that case PT-4304-HT is from a company in Portugal that build beehives (Casa do Apicultor)
I run 8 frame supers in national boxes. but I have to start with predrawn frames with 8 frames but they hold more honey in the boxes, are easier to uncap, the extractor balances out much better and they are quicker to extract. However they certainly work best on a flow and when things are ticking over the bees can draw comb all over and be a nuisance. for me, the 8 frames are great though dispite the downsides.
He Richard, great video again. You know that the plastic parts you took out of the feeder have a function aswell😅? To make the entrance small so the bees wont walk in the feeder. Or does it work better this way for you? I am curious how it work with the feeder upside-down in the winter. I ad isolation in the feeders to get more isolation in them.
Richard, Much better!! My French Honey curiosity is satisfied for a week. Thanks. Interesting too, love the frames. Did you say “ Le Rouge” ? Thank you.🐝 Paul, Bristol
Yes there’s only two weeks of flow left. A lot of people don’t realise. Summer flow is only two weeks in June and two weeks in July and that’s the summer flow 👌
@@richardnoel3141 limes unfortunately seem to be really rare everywhere. Its such a shame. We had a huge one in our garden as kids and would get lime honey every year as a result. Next years new years resolution is to plant some.
Hey Richard it's amazing to see how our distance is so different on the flow. I have a question that has nothing to do with your video that you made but I know no other that would answer it than you without it sounding stupid I'm in Alabama Why finish cell over a queen with a queen excluder? I'll be watching your queen rearing videos Thanks in advance
I really love your videos and the reportage style. Its very authentic and fun to watch. I just have one slight grumble. When you get excited/animated there is sometimes significant rotation and movement of the camera which totally triggered my motion sickness. I have watched almost all of your videos for over a year now, and I can only recall it happening twice, so as I said, slight grumble.
I started with wooden hives and compared them to the full nicotine hives. the nicotine are in truth probably a better hive but there is always positives and negatives. many discussions regularly take place about moving over to the full plastic hives. I will purchase a few may be this winter and have a look at them , see how the do for ME, at the end of the day its personal preference. but i do think they would be great for demure or similar swarm type control because their much lighter to have on the truck.
no their not dipped, i dont have that set up. these are going to be painted. drying means just keeping them out of extremes of weather and they will harden more in a few months.
sorry to burst you bubble but those supers are NOT mortise & tenon, they are "BOX JOINT's" . yes I know I'm being pedantic, but as a retired woodworker & a bit of a stickler I just had to put you right.. 😂😂😂
yes i do, for the farmer up the road for the buckwheat but also for the state, i have a contract from may until september to have colonies in a certain area. Its a bit more income, and it all helps.
I use the biocide that kills the spores "certan" is its name but also using the older ones first is always recommended. wax moth dont do much damage here until they get going in the summer heat which we havent had much of yet so i am hoping to use these frames up fairly quick.
@@richardnoel3141 thanks my supers got destroyed by wax moth over the last winter. I’d like to store them wet but don’t want them destroyed again. I’ll give Certan a go.
@@duncanhallam6556 even the biological caterpillar treatment you might be able to get at your local garden centre will work. It won’t harm the bees in the following spring and it will stop any larvae growing but just make sure it’s still organic one and the contains only a biological bascillius Thurgiensys you will need to look on the packet.
Time and money. Liquid feed is faster and honey is worth more than feed. I don’t see the logic in holding frames of honey when you can sell it and buy 5x the amount of feed.
well everyone to themselves. these frames cant be extracted because they were harvested last spring from double broods that had amitraze strips in the honey the year before and some stayed in over the winter. it makes a great feed frame. and also colonies will be fed liquid feed 1:1 too during early autumn