>To those who like the plastic hivetop feeders:  do you make floating
screens for them?  I'm used to doing that for my home->made wooden feeders.

>Walter Weller

A lot of local beekeepers use grass, sticks and fern but it's always a pain
to keep replacing. We have found a thick corrugated plastic that is 8 mm
thick and if cut so there is a 10-15 mm gap from the edges, works great. We
tried a 4 mm thick corrugated plastic real estate sign but the weight of
bees pushes it just below the syrup surface resulting in a lot of drowned
bees.

The 8mm one is excellent and permanent.

Kevin Gibbs

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