I am in the process of constructing a NUC sized top feeder (Fat Bee Man design).
Normally I use #8 screen to cover the "ladder" portion but just discovered I am "out of stock".
Are the holes in regular window screening too small for a bee proboscis to drink[attachment=0][/attachment]?
Thanks for your thoughts.
They can do fine with screen. Packages of bees are fed regularly through screen boxes.
Superb !
Thanks Iddee !
Do they drink through the screen or is it just a ladder?
Through the screen.
They come up a channel at the back and then down through the screened in "ladder" to access the syrup.
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The are not drinking through the screen there. Syrup is inside the ladder at the same level it is outside the ladder.
You are correct. :embarassed:
This dawned on me later in the day.
This is why multi-tasking (working on beekeeping equipment while "working" from home) is a bad idea. . . . Well . . . one of a couple reasons.
Works pretty well. I need to find a bigger container, they slurp this one dry in a few days.