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do you put all your honey supers on at the same time, or do you pull them and add more as they fill? i pull mine as they fill, but mine are close to my house so it is convenient.
I like the metal corner brackets - that's a good strong alternative to finger joints or other complex wood work. How long do the plywood boxes last?
Quote from: kathyp on July 23, 2009, 03:51:08 PM
do you put all your honey supers on at the same time, or do you pull them and add more as they fill? i pull mine as they fill, but mine are close to my house so it is convenient.
this is my first year at beekeeping so I may be wrong... but as I see that colony is getting stronger I immediately erect either honey supers or another brood cubicle despite that frames they already had only partially filled... so I guess I put them all on at the same time to avoid extraordinary inspections of the hive... (usually I check colony`s condition once a month).
Quote from: David LaFerney on July 24, 2009, 12:31:25 AM
I like the metal corner brackets - that's a good strong alternative to finger joints or other complex wood work. How long do the plywood boxes last?
I don`t know if that`s an alternative or not... I guess finger joints work very well, too. In this hives there is a second wall with polyfoam in between which makes deep hives body less heavier and much warmer in winter (and I hope cooler in summer)... I don`t know how long it`ll last as this was made by me out of emergency because old hives with which I had bought with my colonies was (a) very old and (b) not spacious enough to raise a strong family... Do you know what Dadant is? That`s what I had initially - four deephive bodied Dadants... Now when I did upgrade them to whatever they are I don`t know how to classify my hives.