Thread: Beekeeping

Wet paint!



Painted up 6 of the used supers and assembled 60 frames to fill them.

Gonna let the paint dry and install the foundation tomorrow.

Originally Posted by 32t

Wet paint!

Painted up 6 of the used supers and assembled 60 frames to fill them.

Gonna let the paint dry and install the foundation tomorrow.

As it's well known, I'm ignorant about bee keeping. However wouldn't it be better to let the paint dry longer so that the fumes would dissipate more? Just wondering.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

As it's well known, I'm ignorant about bee keeping. However wouldn't it be better to let the paint dry longer so that the fumes would dissipate more? Just wondering.

I only painted the outside and if you look close the frames and the inside are not. That is where the bees are.

The foundation is the wax pattern for the bees to form their comb on. Maybe not to a bee but the paint will be dry to the touch for me tomorrow so I won't transfer it at least in human senses. Actually it is already.

I may not need these box's this weekend but I needed them ready in case I do.

I'm aware that the inside of the boxes are never painted (I believe that the bees do that with some natural material).

I was just thinking that if the paint's fumes were at a minimum that the bees would be more attracted to their new homes.

I think what you are talking about is propolis or bee glue. They coat and stick everything with it.

These box's are going to be added to the top of existing hives and although i see that your point might be credible in a perfect world, for all practical purposes for me the possible negative is offset by the positive.

I am glad that i test fit my foundation before going to my bees.

A made a mistake and ordered the wrong size foundation. I put in the number one row up.....

To look on the bright side luckily it was the next size bigger and it was $5 USD per 100 cheaper. It is much easier to make things smaller and I figure I saved about $2.50 an hour for my labor while doing it!

Not a good bee related day. I am worried about 3 hives two that swarmed and the swarm that I caught. I will just have to let nature take its course and hope for the best.

Both the backs of my hands are stiff. One hive in particular was ornery and I stopped counting at 10 or so stings.

To be positive at least I am not allergic to them!