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Exactly. :wink::heart:

520

Front to back tilt only with a screened bottom board, solid bb’s back to front tilt. :wink:

521

Hey Skegs, my reply was about a Flow Hive as you should have read so they all have a screened bottom board so your comment would therefore not apply.:wink::face_with_raised_eyebrow:

522

Not my Flow hives Pete, I did away with the screened bottom boards, they leaked bees.

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523

Mine too!! What a bad surprise the first time I pulled out the coreflute and jogged a dozen or so bees into a frenzy after being trapped under there for who knows how long. It wasn’t a problem with the flow equipment at first, but became one after a few seasons - I guess wear & tear from inspections strained the mesh where it’s fastened to the wood. The SBB I bought locally was trash right away, with low grade mesh that easily separated. I nailed a cedar shake to it :wink:

524

OMG so cute! Second thought, he’s going to out grow that suit fast!

525

So is what you are saying you modified the bottom board doing away with the screen completely and fitted a solid board in its place?

526

I nailed a cedar shake to it :wink:

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Thank you @Martha. I think he is swell and he is growing like weed.

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Look a’that braw little laddie!! Adorbs :heart_eyes:

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The flow bb is a queued works in progress Peter, I’ve removed the original aluminium mesh and found wax moth larvae burrowed all around where the mesh was pinned beneath the wooden strips, currently they have standard bb’s. Ive rigged up a tilt mechanism for harvesting. Screened bb’s serve no purpose here in the West.
I’ll post photos once modifications complete. :+1:

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Nice, would like to see the tilt mechanism you choose…sounds fancier than my tilt mechanism (sticks :smile:)

Last season I was scrambling for equipment for three swarm-prevention splits in a row, and rigged up a bottom board using an almost-right sized piece of plywood and a spare entrance reducer. I nailed the reducer to one end and called it a bottom board with an under-entrance. Thought I’d trash it when I bought a ‘real’ one, but the bees are doing well and I left it on. It’ll need some sealing off along the sides if I keep it much longer tho.

531

Improvising sometimes is the best we can come up even with a lot of time and effort the ‘stop gap rushed job’ the best.:thinking:

532

Hi Skegs
I am guessing thats code “a chunk of wood”. Tilt mechanism does sound better. :rofl::rofl:

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@skeggley You can bet if Wilfred came up with a something it is over engineered and will last a lifetime, if not a hand me down family heirloom. Cheers guys.

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I made a tilt stand for 2 of my hives. 2x4’s with eyelet screws. Righty righty dips the hive down. Lefty loosey levels it up. I stick a long screwdriver in to turn the eyelets.

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Finally, we got this back in the beginning. Located here in Kauai, HI.
I finally grew bees to add the super, they are in there will cross my fingers they continue to grow.!
PS I did rotate it correctly as I put it on backwards.

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You can still remove the Flow Super and turn it around while it is still light enough to do it. That will making it an easier job for you and the bees when it is needing the honey taken off.
Other than that you are doing well,
Cheers, Peter

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I interpreted this to mean that Neuman already turned the super around… maybe?

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I did read his post Suzie, but wasn’t sure if the pic was taken before or after it was turned around. I saw a Flow Hive that had been set up for a year with the Super on back to front, so it seems to be a common mistake with all the excitement of finally adding a super…:shushing_face:
Cheers, Peter