Swienty poly broods from C Wynne Jone
They are listed as £20.50 , not sure if they are compatible with national wooden equipment jon will know ?
Swienty poly broods from C Wynne Jone
They are listed as £20.50 , not sure if they are compatible with national wooden equipment jon will know ?
The ones I got were the old style swienty. I think they are sold out now. They are 460 X 460 mm so are compatible with wooden gear. There are no groves or slots on the base like some poly stuff. They hold 10 frames rather than 11. I have 2 of the new ones as well I bought at Gormanston last year for about 25 Euro each. Also a good box to work with. I painted mine with Cuprinol garden shades.
Paynes nucs and extension
nucs new apiary3.jpg poly-nuc-extension.jpg poly-nucs-painted2.jpg
These are the old style Swienty
marshall apiary-23-5-15.jpg
Last edited by Jon; 24-08-2015 at 01:56 PM.
I'm using the old style Swienty at the association's bees and new style with my own. I have to say that I struggled manfully on with the old style, telling myself this had to be good kit, until I tried the new. I now detest the old ones! Have to be really careful dropping frame lugs, hard to pick them up off the frame rests when propolised, generally a pain. The new ones with their rail to support the frame lugs are great.
I managed to steal mine at £10 each, but they were out of spec needing trimmed to get the frames to fit properly. A two-minute job with a hot wire run from a car battery charger. Then the usual varnishing and painting. I think I bought all 120 remaining cheap new-style brood boxes.
Yes, this belongs in the polyhive thread. Will shift it later.
Originally Posted by gavin
I always feel a bit wary if polystyrene hive bits, Apideas don't really last that long and are stored indoors during the winter, would be a bit worried about rats and mice chewing through the in winter time as I get rats even chewing around the wooden entrances of my out apairy hives even though they are on stands almost 2 foot high. Does Not take then long to eat through the soft cedar conpared to harder deal !
They do if you look after them. I am still using the first ones I bought 6 or 7 years ago.
Even if they averaged 5 years life that should produce 10-12 queens at £35 each for an initial outlay of about £15.
Rats and mice are the problem so you have to be careful about winter storage.
Just a couple of examples
I am not recommending them just that they exist
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B005...TFL&ref=plSrch
http://www.thorne.co.uk/hives-and-be...roduct_id=4649
http://www.solwaybeesupplies.co.uk/b...parts-91-c.asp
http://www.solwaybeesupplies.co.uk/p...ion-1615-p.asp
I would have a hunt around and then ask what folk think on one of the forums
If you google or utube making a brood box there are some good videos on there most are american. i was wondering how easy it would be to convert a Nuc to an observation hive.
Our Association apideas - used every year - were 16 years old when I started in 2010..
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Going full time Gavin?
Gavin, don't you find that the frame lugs get propolised to the box above causing havoc when trying to lift a box? I now trim the lug rails by 2mm, and now I'm happy. I mentioned this on the Poly Hive Musings thread (post 350).
Kitta
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