[RZRBCK BEE]

I built several with 1/4 x 1/4 hardware cloth. Is this too large or will it work ok? Do you see any problems with using that size? Thanks

Randy

 

[hoodswoods]

Bees squeeze thru #5 (holes-per-inch), used for pollen traps - sounds to me like you have created a very large surface that can't be protected by guard bees against robbing. SHB traps (over oil trays) use #6, varroa screens are generally #8.

JMO

 

[RZRBCK BEE]

Okay so just short of ripping them all apart, is there anything I can do to remedy this? That was the smallest size I could find at Home Depot. Thanks

 

[StevenG]

Try a regular lumber yard, they usually have the smaller screens... and why rip them all apart? can't you just simply remove the screen you used, and install the new?

 

[hoodswoods]

I guess my question is what is it you're trying to accomplish & what (if anything) you plan to set under this screen?

 

[MichelinMan]

Like StevenG said, I don`t know why you would have to rip them all apart. If you really can`t remove the #4 screen, then at least you should be able to staple #8 cloth on top of it. If not re-examine your design. How many have you made like this? What ever you do, don`t use the 1/4 inch screen in your bee yard . It`s way to big.

 

[standman]

You could place a second piece of #4 over the top, staggering it so that its lines run between the strands of the current piece. I have one I made like this in a bind. I don't like it as well, but it has been in service for a couple of years now. I found #8 at my local Ace store, about a $1 per square foot. If they don't have it, they could probably order it for you.

 

[peacekeeperapiaries]

You can get #8 at hardware stores like ACE, I purchase it by the roll but they sell it by the foot. You could staple #8 over the #4 you currently have in place, or as reccommended stagger another piece of #4 on top in essence creating #8. Either will work in lieu of tearing everything apart.

 

[RZRBCK BEE]

Try a regular lumber yard, they usually have the smaller screens... and why rip them all apart? can't you just simply remove the screen you used, and install the new?

Because I stapled the screen to the main frame and then the 3/4 shim on top of the screen. I was kind of contemplating laying another strip over it and offsetting it.

 

[RZRBCK BEE]

Like StevenG said, I don`t know why you would have to rip them all apart. If you really can`t remove the #4 screen, then at least you should be able to staple #8 cloth on top of it. If not re-examine your design. How many have you made like this? What ever you do, don`t use the 1/4 inch screen in your bee yard . It`s way to big.

I made 5 like this and I thought it was ok until I noticed some wasps trying to get thru it and although I never saw one actually go thru, it made me wonder and I figured they could and if they could, so could the bees, and other bees in a robbing scenario.

 

[Cyrus Brewster]

I get my #8 screening here:

http://hardware.hardwareandtools.co...th&af=&isort=score&method=and&srt=0&view=grid

They have fast turnaround

 

[RZRBCK BEE]

I guess my question is what is it you're trying to accomplish & what (if anything) you plan to set under this screen?

Trying to accomplish ventilation and mite control. I'm sure it would work for the ventilation and the mites but I don't want a robbing situation.

 

[RZRBCK BEE]

I get my #8 screening here:

http://hardware.hardwareandtools.co...th&af=&isort=score&method=and&srt=0&view=grid

They have fast turnaround

I don't know about any of you but the shipping is starting to kill me. I have ordered alot lately thru Mann Lake and Dadant and prices weren't bad until I started seeing $40 to $50 in shipping. Was going to order 2 packages of bees recently until I noticed the shipping was higher than the bees.

 

[hoodswoods]

Probably any of the afore-mentioned solutions will work. I know I got #8 at home depot before, but it was by the roll. I would be careful not to restrict your entrance by stacking screens, tho...

I think I have found a link for #6 woven by the foot which I need over my oil trap to 'control' SHB. I'll post it as soon as I can - unless someone else already knows a source

 

[EastSideBuzz]

Okay so just short of ripping them all apart, is there anything I can do to remedy this? That was the smallest size I could find at Home Depot. Thanks

Try an Ace hardware or other Hardware store.