Who makes a stainless steel - frame lifter - hive tool?
About everybody does. Check all the bee suppliers. Check with Brushy Mountain since you are close.
If you were closer I would give you mine, its not stainless but something I hardly ever use.
...JP
Frame lifters are handy tools, but I usually forget to use mine as I get a better feel for the frame just using my hands. -Mike
I wear those big bulky gloves that you buy from Dadant, so I have to use a frame lifter to get the first frame out. Larry
I bought a frame lifter and used it once. I don't like it. I use my hands and hive tool as well.
As for gloves, I've gone to the dishwashing rubber gloves from the grocery store. $4, good feeling, no stings. And cheap. Your hands will sweat a lot, but if you don't have many hives it is OK. I like them better than the goatskin gloves I had, which didn't last 2 months before splitting at the seam.
The TN state told me once while he was inspecting a friends hives that the two things that makes bees the madist is a bee brush and a frame lifter.
So true about the bee brush. We use it mainly to get them off our clothes when we go back to the house. I have two hive tools. A standard one and a j-hook one. I only use the j-hook since it works wonderful pulling up the frame edges. I'm considering getting a frame lifter. For gloves I use the kitchen type as well. Yes you sweat in them, but you can also go into the cosmetic department of walmart and get thin cotton gloves for apply hand lotion. They are like 4 dollars and you can throw them into the wash. That way you have something to absorb the sweat. I use them for longer jobs.
Maybe I'm wrong but I thought Rail was looking for a framelifter hive tool or a hooked tool like the maxant and not a frame gripper/lifter. Either way I have both and dont like or use either
This one?
http://www.mannlakeltd.com/ProductDetail.asp?idproduct=876&idCategory=8 (http://www.mannlakeltd.com/ProductDetail.asp?idproduct=876&idCategory=8)
(http://www.mannlakeltd.com/m23ProductImages//hd-620.jpg)
I like mine, but it isn't sharp enough so I routinely use both types.
That is the hive tool that I use all the time now for the past several years. I like it over the old paint scrapper. Just works better for me.
My choice also! Dadants
Stainless Steal lifter:
http://www.beeworks.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=8 (http://www.beeworks.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=8)
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I use this . Swedish Mora. Price 3 dollars.
(http://www.alella.fi/static/media/images/5b/original/5bab4108b79a0e4ab5e1934d5f6c9da5.gif)
I have two hive tools. A standard one and a j-hook Maxant
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
Quote from: Finski on August 23, 2011, 08:29:06 AM
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I use this . Swedish Mora. Price 3 dollars.
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,31230.msg253970.html#msg253970 (http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,31230.msg253970.html#msg253970)
Quote from: FRAMEshift on January 30, 2011, 04:31:48 PM
I lived in Sweden for four years, and the Swedes taught me all about the other Scandinavians. :-D Here's what they taught me about Finland:
1. All Finns are drunk, all the time.
2. All Finnish women have tattoos.
3. All Finnish men carry knives.
Quote from: Finski on January 30, 2011, 04:35:38 PM
That is all true
Actually, I also use Mora knives. I have one (looks like yours with the red handle) that I bought for 10 kronor in 1981. Still works great.
Quote from: danno on August 22, 2011, 04:42:35 PM
Maybe I'm wrong but I thought Rail was looking for a framelifter hive tool or a hooked tool like the maxant and not a frame gripper/lifter. Either way I have both and dont like or use either
I'm with you Danno, I have both but 9 times out of 10 I use a standard hive tool. Then again I do not use gloves. 1st time I used the hive gripper I came that close to dropping a whole frame of bees. Haven't used it since. Once in a while I will use a hook. It is nice with tight frames glued in.
Jim
I started using the KW tool https://kelleybees.com/Products/Detail/?id=3336333633323331&grouped=1 and have been so happy with it. I no longer use a gripper for the frames.
Quote from: okbees on August 23, 2011, 06:45:53 PM
I started using the KW tool https://kelleybees.com/Products/Detail/?id=3336333633323331&grouped=1 and have been so happy with it. I no longer use a gripper for the frames.
That is what I was referring to as a standard hive tool.
Jim
I've been using a small hive tool sold by Dadant. https://www.dadant.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1296 (https://www.dadant.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1296)
It's made by Jero and is easy to carry in your pocket.