Hi All
On the hive construction thread. A useful material is corrugated
plastic. Here it is available in varying thicknnesses, bizzarely the
thicker are cheaper.
The advantages with this are- it insulates.
- bees don't seem (touuch corruugated plastic) propolise
it or wax it very much.
- it is cheap annd easy to work with
- it is flexible in one plane and not the other,
(useful in lifting whenn stuck a bit)
- it is waterprood
- it does nnot go mouldy
- it is about sixty percent lighter.
I have even used it as a temporary lid and found the bees thrived,
but I was worried about light getting through maybe decreasing wax
productionn.
Just my two cents
Keep well
Garth
PS one can often pick up bulk throwaway from display companies.
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Garth Cambray Kamdini Apiaries
15 Park Road Apis melifera capensis
Grahamstown 800mm annual precipitation
6139
Eastern Cape
South Africa Phone 27-0461-311663
3rd year Biochemistry/Microbiology Rhodes University
In general, generalisations are bad.
Interests: Flii's and Bees.
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