Greetings all,
I went through the many setups described here in many threads for the Sugar Syrup Mixing and Feeding using various types of pump set up. I am planning to build one since my last set up died very quickly. I am planning to have up to 300 hives by end of this season, so that is what I am looking for in terms of size and mostly in my region the max I need to feed is a 2: 1 ratio syrup and nothing more than that ratio. The main intent and question behind this post is what kind of pump I should go for.
The choices I have nailed down after reading the many posts in this forum are the following
1) Rotary Gear Pump with Honda Engine
2) Semi Trash pump.
While feeding the hives, in many of my yards I cannot see the bottom of the tanks to know how full it is. So any of the above pump set up has issues with Dry Run. How you guys work around the dry run issue?
Does these pumps can run dry at least for 5 to 10 min before I can reach the truck and stop the pump? I assume my last setup died on my because the pump run dry or low on liquid.
Can the Rotary Gear pumps can run dry for some time -- Say 5 to 10 min?
Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks
I went through the many setups described here in many threads for the Sugar Syrup Mixing and Feeding using various types of pump set up. I am planning to build one since my last set up died very quickly. I am planning to have up to 300 hives by end of this season, so that is what I am looking for in terms of size and mostly in my region the max I need to feed is a 2: 1 ratio syrup and nothing more than that ratio. The main intent and question behind this post is what kind of pump I should go for.
The choices I have nailed down after reading the many posts in this forum are the following
1) Rotary Gear Pump with Honda Engine
2) Semi Trash pump.
While feeding the hives, in many of my yards I cannot see the bottom of the tanks to know how full it is. So any of the above pump set up has issues with Dry Run. How you guys work around the dry run issue?
Does these pumps can run dry at least for 5 to 10 min before I can reach the truck and stop the pump? I assume my last setup died on my because the pump run dry or low on liquid.
Can the Rotary Gear pumps can run dry for some time -- Say 5 to 10 min?
Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks