Thanks Laurence, I have never seen this done before on video, you make it seem so easy. I will certainly give it a try, beats trying to take frames apart and gouging out the wax (with my skin at the same time) Just to say ta for all the videos and advice. Peter
Have fun spending hours wiring up frames! I was about to switch over to wired foundation for speed, but think I may just try to improve my wiring methods
Ah its sooo time consuming and boring. You can actually buy them prewired from a few places in bulk but if you only want a few, its best to just make them up as its its cheap
Thanks for the video, just wondering if you've tried leaving the bees to draw their own frame without any foundation. Something I've tried with super frames, but saw more drone comb
Hi Tim. Yes - I went through a foundationless phase but now always use foundation. Late in the year they make excellent foundationless frames but in spring they produce SO much drone comb. I cant personally recommend it
@@BlackMountainHoney I'm looking to extract from National brood frames in a radial extractor so was looking at 3 as a minimum, not sure if 4 would be overkill. I have been searching the net, but there does not seam to be any standards when it comes to National frames, guess we so wired for wired foundation.
Good job understand a proper way of putting wire
Thanks. Glad you liked it
Great demonstration thanks Lawrence
No worries Steve.
Thanks Laurence, I have never seen this done before on video, you make it seem so easy.
I will certainly give it a try, beats trying to take frames apart and gouging out the wax (with my skin at the same time) Just to say ta for all the videos and advice. Peter
No problem Peter. My pleasure. Yes - the real benefit to this method comes at the end when you melt down and rewax. Its so easy and efficient
Have fun spending hours wiring up frames! I was about to switch over to wired foundation for speed, but think I may just try to improve my wiring methods
Ah its sooo time consuming and boring. You can actually buy them prewired from a few places in bulk but if you only want a few, its best to just make them up as its its cheap
why do you leave a gap at the bottom of wax foundation.
also are the frames DN4 ?
Thanks for the video. Could I ask what size eyelets do you use? thanks
They are about 4-5mm across.
@@BlackMountainHoney thankyou
Thanks for the video, just wondering if you've tried leaving the bees to draw their own frame without any foundation. Something I've tried with super frames, but saw more drone comb
Hi Tim. Yes - I went through a foundationless phase but now always use foundation. Late in the year they make excellent foundationless frames but in spring they produce SO much drone comb. I cant personally recommend it
What ate the dimensions of those frames??
How many wires you adding on a National Brood frame, or would you add?
Yes. Minimum 2. 3 If you can be bothered. 4 on a 14 x 12
@@BlackMountainHoney I'm looking to extract from National brood frames in a radial extractor so was looking at 3 as a minimum, not sure if 4 would be overkill. I have been searching the net, but there does not seam to be any standards when it comes to National frames, guess we so wired for wired foundation.
@@iandudman9529 4 is certainly overkill for national deeps Could argue 3 is belt and braces. 2 absolute minimum for deeps and shallows.