Cloth inner covers

**Adam Foster Collins** · 05-01-2012, 09:01 PM

I've seen a number of people using some sort of cloth inner cover. Kirk Webster uses plastic feed bags, as do others.

Anyone using cloth inner covers at all? If so, what material do you use? And do you like the cloth cover?

Thanks,

Adam

**Gord** · 05-01-2012, 09:44 PM

I made 2 inner covers like warre quilts.
I like them a lot.
We used cotton under metal screen, with ~2" shavings on the screen.

**Adam Foster Collins** · 05-02-2012, 12:09 AM

It seems that I've heard of waxed canvas. Is that right?

Adam

**Michael Bush** · 05-02-2012, 09:51 PM

I use them on my mating nucs. Mine are canvas. They get glued down a lot, but are manageable.

**beeware10** · 05-02-2012, 09:56 PM

a number of beekeepers have used cut up pieces carpet for inner covers. the price is right and they let moisture escape in the winter. way too simple for most beekeepers.

**Joseph Clemens** · 05-02-2012, 10:13 PM

I tried several types of material for nuc inner covers, canvas and terry cloth were some that I tried. I settled on pieces of black polyethylene plastic and pieces of polystyrene as outer covers. The plastic is sealed on by the bees with beeswax and propolis, but it easily lifts off leaving most of the beeswax and propolis on the hive and not on the plastic.

**Terrance** · 05-03-2012, 04:58 AM

I am using that black landscaping material that you put down under wood chips, its breathable and cheap

**Ravenseye** · 05-03-2012, 05:29 AM

I've used canvas before. Tried carpeting and had a mildew problem on a booming hive that was wintering over.

**Acebird** · 05-03-2012, 05:32 AM

What is the purpose of a cloth cover and doesn't it eliminate the bee space above the top bar?

**tommyt** · 05-03-2012, 06:51 AM

Does anyone use corn sack bags
They are not burlap they seem to be ???????
strong but what they are made of, I haven't a clue

Edited to say WHAT Was I thinking Corn

Thanks

Originally Posted by psfred

Don't use seed bags if the seeds inside have been treated with neo-nics!
Peter

**Terrance** · 05-03-2012, 08:15 AM

the bags of corn around here seem to be made of a woven plastic

**psfred** · 05-03-2012, 08:32 AM

Don't use seed bags if the seeds inside have been treated with neo-nics!

Haven't tried cloth inner covers, we all have been using standard wooden ones for decades and they work pretty well.

Peter