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Offline jdesq

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Hive body repair
« on: May 09, 2016, 09:21:30 am »
I have a few hive bodies where a corner is chewed or rotted open. The bees will use this for entering and leaving. In a perfect world I would toss and replace, but I am a cheap farmer who likes to repurpose. Any ideas on how to repair? wood putty? metal corners? What works best?
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Offline Michael Bush

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Re: Hive body repair
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2016, 09:45:37 am »
A piece of sheet metal warpped around the corner.  A siding corner will work, but is usually aluminum where steel will be stronger.
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Offline Hops Brewster

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Re: Hive body repair
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2016, 02:02:49 pm »
most of the farmers of my acquaintance have various pieces of sheet metal around their scrapyard.  Or scrapped around the yard   :cheesy:  A piece of old siding, a pair of tin snips, et voila! hive patch kit.
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