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[Jon]

I made a load of floors from an 8 foot by 4 sheet of mesh and the off cuts were useful for wee jobs with apideas.
I prefer cutting my own excluders as well as the bees have about 20 slots to enter rather than just 3.

[ebee]

I made a load of floors from an 8 foot by 4 sheet of mesh and the off cuts were useful for wee jobs with apideas.
I prefer cutting my own excluders as well as the bees have about 20 slots to enter rather than just 3.

Hi Jon, enjoyed reading your method of uniting two Apideas could you tell me where you got the 8x4 sheet of mesh.

[Dark Bee]

Hi Jon, enjoyed reading your method of uniting two Apideas could you tell me where you got the 8x4 sheet of mesh.

I do not know where Jon shops, but the reference to an 8x4 sheet suggests that it is a sheet of expanded metal as mesh usually comes in a roll and of course it is possible to have a piece measuring 8x4.
What you need to be aware of is mesh comes in different qualities; some is mild steel coated with epoxy, some is galvanised after weaving and then coated, some is woven from galvanised wire before coating and some is made from stainless steel. The latter is by far the best and has decreased in cost in recent years, go for it if you can.

[Jon]

Hi Jon, enjoyed reading your method of uniting two Apideas could you tell me where you got the 8x4 sheet of mesh.

My supplier is down near Belfast Docks so likely of little use.
There is one in Ingerland everyone seems to use
I think this is it.

http://www.bjwiremesh.com/Crimpedwiremesh.html

[drumgerry]

Just bought 4 sheets of galvanised mesh from the ebay seller below. I prefer this stuff as it doesn't unravel at the edges like the woven stuff.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1409477675...84.m1439.l2649

[Dark Bee]

Just bought 4 sheets of galvanised mesh from the ebay seller below. I prefer this stuff as it doesn't unravel at the edges like the woven stuff.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1409477675...84.m1439.l2649

That is expanded metal DG. It does the job, but there is not as much "open space" as there is with mesh.
I once covered ventilation openings in a box with expanded metal and found several bees had stuck their heads through and died.

[Mellifera Crofter]

... or this one: http://www.jtwirecloth.com/prod06.htm

Kitta

[The Drone Ranger]

... or this one: http://www.jtwirecloth.com/prod06.htm

Kitta

Hi Kitta I use the same supplier
The black epoxy coated is easy to cut with scissors
By putting the varroa floor over a standard solid one
I put the varrox vapouriser between the two for oxalic
The mesh helps spread the vapour entering the hive
Being coated it doesn't steal the heat from the vapour in the cold weather