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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: reuse of plastic foundation

« Last post by Lesgold on Today at 06:46:12 pm »

I used to clean plastic foundation that way. The soaking speeds things up considerably. You can do it without soaking but it is very slow. It is a messy job when you have to clean a lot of foundation. Gum boots help but the best thing to wear would be fishing waders as you do get covered in all sorts of rubbish. Old brood foundation is hard to clean due to pollen, wax and propolis build up. Soaking helps to break this gunk down.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: reuse of plastic foundation

« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 04:37:52 pm »

I hope it works as easy as it looks! Let us know please..

Phillip

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: reuse of plastic foundation

« Last post by Caashenb on Today at 04:29:30 pm »

Jeff  > Florida Bee Rancher< is a member here. In this short video, he shows and tells his simple solution to easily clean your wax foundation. After watching the short clip, I don?t know how it could be any simpler or easier to do than this.

https://youtu.be/rDxLA6MKa3k?si=j8AWXQBpChhsFRQA

That is what I think I was looking for easy peasy

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Caashenb on Today at 04:06:51 pm »

Today I checked on colony status and to my surprise I had to put a third deep super on six colonies.

This is only my fourth year of keeping bees but this is the first year I have seen a flow like we have now. This has been a great spring with plenty of rain and moderate temps.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: reuse of plastic foundation

« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 03:50:26 pm »

>I wonder if the soaking is necessary.

I've some to clean up.  We'll find out, eh?

Good question and one I do not have the answer too.
I will say that Jeff is consistent in 'trying' to find a "better way"  Therefore I have little doubt that he has tried it both ways. Let us know how it works out for you without the soaking please...

Phillip

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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: NATIONAL SERPENT DAY

« Last post by Salvo on Today at 02:22:31 pm »

Hi Folks,

It's a curse,... this reptile disfunction.

Sal

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: reuse of plastic foundation

« Last post by Salvo on Today at 02:14:42 pm »

Hi Folks,

I've tried scrubbing and *solar melting*. They seem to me to have a very low warping temperature. Be careful if boiling. I've seen vids of successful pressure washing. IDK.

Also, I very conscientiously tried to clean and re-coat them, just so I could determine what to tell mentees and students, with a brush and also a roller, thick and thin coats. Thisck was better. My bees preferred adjacent foundationless frames.

I have never been lucky with plastic or even Duragilt foundations. I'll get an odd success with either,.... and a lot of failures. I need consistency.

Perhaps I shouldn't offer the bees a choice.

Sal

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: reuse of plastic foundation

« Last post by FatherMichael on Today at 02:13:48 pm »

Jeff  > Florida Bee Rancher< is a member here. In this short video, he shows and tells his simple solution to easily clean your wax foundation. After watching the short clip, I don?t know how it could be any simpler or easier to do than this.

https://youtu.be/rDxLA6MKa3k?si=j8AWXQBpChhsFRQA

I wonder if the soaking is necessary.

I've some to clean up.  We'll find out, eh?

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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: NATIONAL SERPENT DAY

« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 09:08:08 am »

Ok, lol,  I will rephrase, have any of you who live in rural areas with a >variety of snakes< noticed that a >good< yard dog feels the need to eradicate them all? He doesnt care if they are poisonous or not. He instinctively knows something is sinister about each one. He is precautions and on his toes when encountering >any< snake without prejudiced or being taught. His God given instincts tell him something is definitely wrong with a snake.
Notice I emphasized a >good< yard dog. Some are dumb as dirt. I once had a pitbull dog named Buddy who fit in this category. I witnessed him, smell a copperhead nose to face, with snake in striking position, to only obtain a bite in the face. He definitely did not Fit into the >good< yard dog category, for my location. lol even after his head was twice the normal size    lol.

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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: NATIONAL SERPENT DAY

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 09:00:58 am »

I never noticed that with ours as a kid and don't have any anymore. We had Great Danes and they were pretty impressive hunters of squirrels, groundhogs pulled right out of their borrows and even pulled a pheasant out of the air once. Like a cat, she always left her prey at the back door but I never saw a snake there. In my area, all they would have been would be garter snakes. I feel bad when I hit one of then with the weedeater.