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Hey guys, I'm looking for a better Feeder setup. I got yellow screened plugs from "better bee", which came with no info on suggested use. A 2 inch hole saw leaves a hole just a bit too loose (plug stays in, but it takes all of an hour for all the contents to leak out of the 2 gallon bucket). A 1 7/8 hole saw is too small for the plug to fit into the resulting hole at all. I use duct tape to get a tighter fit, but the results aren't consistent. I'm better than I used to be, but still ruin 1 love d in 20 every time I feed (lid cracks when pushing the plug in). The buckets are 2 gallon plastic buckets from home Depot. They're ok, except they get brittle after a while.
Before going with the plugs I would just drill holes in the lid. Worked great once, but under the best of circumstances the lids are a pain to remove to refill, and I'd break about 1 in 3.
What are people using to make top feeders? Please be specific about where you get the buckets, plugs, etc. Or if you use these better bee screened plugs like I do, how do you get them to work properly? I was thinking about a 1 15/16 inch hole saw, but i'd have to order it on line, and it gets old ordering or buying hole saws to find they don't work.
Thanks
Matt
Before going with the plugs I would just drill holes in the lid. Worked great once, but under the best of circumstances the lids are a pain to remove to refill, and I'd break about 1 in 3.
What are people using to make top feeders? Please be specific about where you get the buckets, plugs, etc. Or if you use these better bee screened plugs like I do, how do you get them to work properly? I was thinking about a 1 15/16 inch hole saw, but i'd have to order it on line, and it gets old ordering or buying hole saws to find they don't work.
Thanks
Matt
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