Frame hanger

flyboy · July 09, 2015, 07:13:18 PM

What are PPL using for frame hanger?

My first ones raised the frame up on an edge probably ⅛" high and I liked it but when I ordered more I ended up with just an L shaped hanger.

So I was trying to figure out what else to use when I saw some plastic triangular and square plastic whipper snipper cable which is about .155 thick. It seemed like a good idea and then I thought I would post here for other ideas.

BeeMaster2 · July 09, 2015, 11:09:46 PM

I bought a frame hanger years ago. Used it the first year. Never go now. I just take a frame out of the hive and lean them against the hive.
Jim

flyboy · July 10, 2015, 02:53:40 AM

Sorry I meant the part inside that the frame rests on.

little john · July 10, 2015, 11:50:21 AM

They're called 'runners'. I quite like 'em, many other folk don't.
LJ

Michael Bush · July 10, 2015, 01:47:30 PM

I lean the frames against the hives...

flyboy · July 10, 2015, 08:04:58 PM

Quote from: Michael Bush on July 10, 2015, 01:47:30 PM
I lean the frames against the hives...

I was talking about the part that the frames rest on when 'in' the hive. Sorry for the confusion

BeeMaster2 · July 11, 2015, 07:12:38 AM

Quote from: flyboy on July 10, 2015, 08:04:58 PM
Quote from: Michael Bush on July 10, 2015, 01:47:30 PM
I lean the frames against the hives...
I was talking about the part that the frames rest on when 'in' the hive. Sorry for the confusion

I tried putting the commercial ones in my hives a few years ago. They make it easier to release the frames. Then I started making my own. Just take some thin sheet metal cut to the right width of your hives, bend over a half inch section and then cut it off at 3/8" from the bend. Then use 2 tiny nails to hold it in place.
I do not install them any more. I just use a little more torque on the hive tool.
If you are talking about the ones that hold the frames at 9 frame spacing, I bought a bunch of them and installed one and later removed it. I do not like them. They are a problem when the bees build burcomb and you cannot move the frames sideways to seperating the frames.
Jim