Thanks in advance for any help you?re able to give me via this forum. I?m going to keep my f
figgers crossed for a mentor in my area.
All best for now,
Regards
Paul - from Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia.
G'day Paul.
In my earlier submission I was going to comment on "ventilation" but thought
better of it as I reckoned for sure you had this covered, just not in plain view
from your pix.
Then I found the quotes below... made by you elsewhere.
"Should i be sliding that bottom board in at night to help them keep warm, or not? Is their an actual
temperature that a beekeeper would deem cold for the bees, and as a result decide to slide the board in."
and
"Currently there isn?t any ventilation apart from the hole that leads into the top of the lang. "
So, two birds with one stone kinda thing.. close that slider board for now and
leave it closed, always. Plan to revamp your whole BB to solid board with
12mm to 15mm risers at box wall width, typically 25mm.
Remove that entrance and replace it with a fullwidth entrance. Make a
vertical sliding closure vane to sit over the new entrance and leave it open at 4.5mm
at one end.
Using a 2mm drillbit make a pattern of holes around 4mm apart in the sunset side of
the parrotbox, screen & weathersheild the resulting 40mm by 40mm area.
The above will not do any harm not already done but just may improve tbe temperment
of those bees, or subdue some their defensiveness.
There is further reason but I will stick to the point, for now.
I am using this forum as per your invite (quoted). This for two reasons;
I do not and will not post to the forum I lift your text from. Objectively I would comment
you would go a long way in that place to discover any true knowledge. Basically it is a
place of numptys well pleased with illusion and so posting strawmen.
Secondly.
From what I read you are well endowed with ambition and creativity and
attention to detail.
These will serve you well in pursuit of bee things.
Bill