Nock, you just taught me a new trick. I did not think of using the boardman for a water source. I did use the boardman feeders when starting off my hives last year, my first season, in support of food after each cutout. I was not and did not intend to consume any honey last year, which was my first season. When I did late season splits last fall, I also used the boardman feeders for their support and build up for these Nucs in preparation for winter, which worked well. As well as this spring
for early spring build up. The reason I used the boardman is I could easily monitor when it was time for more food for each individual hive simply at a glance. However, I never feed one hive that I did not feed all. I did not want to start robbing which never happened. Either I was lucky or I did it right? In fact, I was so impressed with the boardman for this application, I made up about 30 more, using 1x4 and drilling with a special fast cutting hole saw bit from Lowes which fits the jar lids perfectly. The real trick is making the proper size holes in your jar lid tops. This is imperative. I experimented finding the right size bit by finding a bit that would fit into the original holes of the boardman feeders that I had purchased. I did these above mentioned by an assembly line method, both for the boardman and tops, that I came up with making it fun quick and easy. Keep in mind these were all nuc colonies. Now these nucs are 10 frame complete hives. So the boardman will be obsolete? I will need to find another method for fall build up if I choose to feed.
Phillip
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