> These feeders are one of the best pieces of beekeeping
> equipment that has come along...

I agree, except for the frustrating lack of any sort of
handholds for lifting it off the hive, a design flaw that
becomes apparent the first time one wishes to take a look
at a hive provisioned with a feeder containing several
gallons of syrup.

Has anyone found a glue that might bond well enough to
support at least half the weight of a full styro-hive-top-feeder?

The vacu-formed plastic inserts fit into standard woodenware,
so one is sure to have handholds, but these have a different
major design flaw - massive bee space violations through which
one could drive an inconveniently large 55-foot tractor trailer truck.
An open invitation to bridge comb - a waste and a mess.

Bee Commerce has introduced a "Hive Topper" feeder, and it not
only lacks handholds, but presents an irregular bottom surface
inviting bridge comb, and also features a retail price double
that of the other two plastic feeder options.
http://www.bee-commerce.com/detail.asp?product_id=206

It is really sad to see so much money invested in tooling for
specific designs before those designs are field-tested, moreso
when the design flaws should have been blindingly obvious at the
preliminary sketch stage.


                jim  (Yet another compilation CD for the car:
                  music by the 1970s group "Bread", and
                  the 1990s group "Pearl Jam".  The label?
                  "Pearl Jam and Bread")

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