Poly hive musings.

[Mellifera Crofter]

Oh no! I was ready to roll over and play dead till you mentioned those diabolical plastic crown boards
Now Kitta be honest how many times have you chased one down a field ...

Ha ha! Aren't you confusing a polythene sheet with a floppy polycarbon crown board? I have chased after plastic sheets.

If you have condensation under your floppy crown bards, DR, then you need to add some more insulation above them. I fill the Paynes eke with extra insulation - no condensation.

Kitta

[The Drone Ranger]

That's what I'm talking about though Kitta there should be enough insulation or a better crownboard
These are supposed to be an improvement on cedar not a retrograde step lol 😂


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[The Drone Ranger]

I use my MB Lang poly with no alterations at all.. It's ideal for simple beekeepers..like me:-)

If only I had started with Langstroth
Cheap gear and short lugs bliss 😭


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[The Drone Ranger]

By the way kitta

I'm impressed by your idea for Shakespearean crown Bards

[The Drone Ranger]

Ach DR they're alright really. Floppy isn't necessarily bad....ahem I love the Paynes nucs - make getting wee marginal units through the winter a piece of cake (usually). I can put up with their little foibles in exchange for that simple fact.

Were none of them gnawed by rodents or bored into by wasps Drumgerry?
Mine were I should have painted them apparently what a flipping nuisance

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[drumgerry]

Funnily enough not the nucs but I had a few big Paynes hives in a shed - bought a few years ago in the sale and as yet unused - and they have been severely chewed. Not happy about that I can tell you. I wouldn't buy any more of those but the wee jobs are rare and handy things.

[Mellifera Crofter]

By the way kitta

I'm impressed by your idea for Shakespearean crown Bards

Probably just wishful thinking, DR. I can't sing (or recite) the praises of the Paynes poly nuc roofs. Yes, they ought to be better.
Kitta

[madasafish]

If only I had started with Langstroth
Cheap gear and short lugs bliss ��


Kitta

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I went from TBH to Langs. It was an easy decision. As a physicist and engineer, the National hive looks like it was designed by a committee who wanted to make it as complex and expensive as possible without fulfilling any useful function. Brood and a half anyone? :-)

[The Drone Ranger]

Lol I'm designing a new hive with foot long frame lugs
It does waste a bit of timber and get a bit wide to fit in a car
But what a handhold you can get on those frames

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[Mellifera Crofter]

Some gremlin put my name on that quote from DR, Madasafish. My natural inclination would be to go for the foot-long frame lugs!
Kitta