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Tomarrow I will stop by Lowes and by 1/8 inch hardward cloth Primer and paint and finish hopefully will install saturday.
If you are going to use 1/8 inch I would think you might as well leave it open, as some do.
Most SSB use 7 wire or 8 wire to keep the bees from passing thru.
Everybody do what works best for them. :-D
Bee-Bop
If you've got SHB a West SHB Trap added now would be really nice.
1/8 inch is #8 hardware cloth. They are the same.
Johnny
i'd call lowes before spending the gas money to find they don't have what you want. but maybe your lowes is nearby.
well lowes don't have it so i will wait till friday and stop by this hardware store that is not part of a chain their motto is if we don't have it you don't need it
Our local Ace Hardware stocks it.
Sorry about that post;
Yes you are correct # 8 wire is 1/8 in..
When he said he was going to Lowes, it just struck me as 1/4 in. as that is the smallest I have ever found at any Lowes.
Ace Hardware shows #8 in their web catalog, I have been to every Ace Hardware in a 50 mile radius, all say it is a miss print and unaviable. However they will special order me a 100 ft. roll of # 8 for something like $300.00.
I wish I had a Ace Hardware like HAB has, in hopelessly lost land, were ever that may be, that does stock # 8 wire by the foot.
Bee-Bop
Both Ace and True Value stock here.
Try local Mom and Pop hardware stores. They have been the best I've found for finding what I need. They are a little more pricey but I think worth it. Only place I've found 1/8" or 1/7" screen to use. I took a measuring stick along to make sure of the screen size.
I bought the wire this week thought I was buying gold $3.10 a foot for 24 in wide bought 5 ft man there has got to be a cheaper way
Your screened bottom boards look great :-D
Johnny
Yo Lexington, I'm sorry it's a little after the fact, but if you're ever in Wilkes county stop by Porter's Hardware in Roaring River off of Hwy268 they got rolls of #8 hardware cloth in the basement for around a buck'89 a running foot.
Steve
mtnman, I've been trying to figure out what those rotating things are for... in picture three by the hammer. Is that used to add an extra entrance?
yes it is