Hello all,
Anyone using these new frames? Looks like they might be handy.
https://products.kelleybees.com/wtkprod/detail.aspx?item=745
David
I can just imagine trying to put new wax in them in about five years, or whenever needed.
Have fun cleaning the old wax out.
i would think that a hot tool, like a wood engraver would make clean out easy. one of those welding things?
or buy new when they get that gunky....
it's not the wax that frustrates me, it's the propolis. i buy new frames when they get to hard to clean.
I find that heating an old hive tool woth a propane tourch for a minute allows me to clean up several frames before I have to reheat.
Ski
I think that if the top bar has a slit that goes all of the way through for the length of the bar (almost) it'd be pretty easily broken.
Scott
Most certainly they would not be the best for wax, but maybe plastic.
I was helping at a beginner beekeeping class earlier this year and these were the frames used for the workshop portion of the class. I think they are really slick - much, much easier than dealing with wedges and crimped wire.