BEE BUILDING STUFF
While I wait for new nuc in April, I am so excited I started fooling around with associated bee projects. I am very very new at beekeeping, but experimenting is so fun! Today I built a pulley sytem for my swarm box. There were scouts the other day so I thought what the heck, if it works then I do not want to climb down a ladder with a heavy box of bees. I purchased a pulley, hook latches and u bolt. I then used an old nylon rope and left over 2x4s and a 4x4 for a diagonal. I also had big lag bolts to used for assembling the wooden part. (the box is nucs I cut down from a 10 frame box. Works like a charm.....empty. Afterwards I finished up storage for bee supplies in the new summer goose shed. Another experiement! Will the bored geese pull stuff down when waiting to be let out in the mornings? so I measured up and put nothing at goose level to chew on. I also added one old door hinge to several of the wood windows to open as it gets quite hot in there. Geese heat up a bit too fast with all their down. Will post a swarm pic if it works!!!
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