Hive-building has gone slower than expected, and I've only got 1 deep and an inner cover per hive. Packages are arriving next week.
I still don't think this is a problem... with the feeder pail inverted on top of the inner cover, the hive will still be bee-tight. Rain is a possibility, but any leaking will fall through the screened bottom board.
In the coming weeks I can proceed to build my medium supers and pitched outer-roof to house the feeder pail...
This ad-hoc arrangement makes my wife a bit skittish. Does anyone see any potential issues or considerations with this?
I still don't think this is a problem... with the feeder pail inverted on top of the inner cover, the hive will still be bee-tight. Rain is a possibility, but any leaking will fall through the screened bottom board.
In the coming weeks I can proceed to build my medium supers and pitched outer-roof to house the feeder pail...
This ad-hoc arrangement makes my wife a bit skittish. Does anyone see any potential issues or considerations with this?