In subsequent incarnations, I would very much encourage you to use as close to a full length window as possible. You do need to insulate it.
Make sure that you monitor the progress of the stores and feed them 1:1 invert the moment the dearth hits. Then switch to 2:1 sometime between Pennsic and Labor Day(depends on when temps fall). If you are not getting either Russian bees, or local stock, you're going to have to have a dead full hive to assure they make it through the winter. Move the cluster to one end and put the honey at the other.
Go to BeeSource and look in the plans section to find the anti-robbing screen and adapt for the hive.
The triangular bars are okay. I am honestly having better success with popsicle stick projections. I got more wandering with the triangular.
Correct wandering combs early. All combs will have a certain curve to them and lends mechanical strength.
I window is the size of the glass I had (actually my dad had). The hive was built almost entirely with scrap I had lying around. The only things I bought were the stainless carriage bolts to hold the legs on, and a glass cutter.
Thanks for the advice. (You do realize that this is all YOUR fault :-)
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Make sure that you monitor the progress of the stores and feed them 1:1 invert the moment the dearth hits. Then switch to 2:1 sometime between Pennsic and Labor Day(depends on when temps fall). If you are not getting either Russian bees, or local stock, you're going to have to have a dead full hive to assure they make it through the winter. Move the cluster to one end and put the honey at the other.
Go to BeeSource and look in the plans section to find the anti-robbing screen and adapt for the hive.
The triangular bars are okay. I am honestly having better success with popsicle stick projections. I got more wandering with the triangular.
Correct wandering combs early. All combs will have a certain curve to them and lends mechanical strength.
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Thanks for the advice. (You do realize that this is all YOUR fault :-)
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I'll be posting pictures of my newest hive shortly.
Good luck with your bees!
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