Beekeeping

[drumminj]

Looks like tomorrow I am doing a Langstroth to Layens transfer for a guy... I'll try to get photos. These can be exciting

Please do. I'd be very interested to see the details

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Please do. I'd be very interested to see the details

It requires a circular saw and hand drill...

 

[drumminj]

It requires a circular saw and hand drill...

And duct tape and twine??

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Nope, just a circular saw, a drill and a few screws!

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Building.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

 

[drumminj]

Hard to sort out the depth of field there. So do you just screw the langsroth frame into the layens frame? And it looks like cut the bottom off the langsroth frames?

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Hard to sort out the depth of field there. So do you just screw the langsroth frame into the layens frame? And it looks like cut the bottom off the langsroth frames?

You cut the lang frames down to 12.125" long, from 19", then screw them in. The Layens frame is already much deeper than the lang.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Swarm #5 tonight. Safely in a small swarm box. We are up (6) colonies so far this year... Hoping for a couple more! Twelve total . I love retirement... But it's a lot of work

 

[BackRoad]

Do you find the swarms, or are people contacting you?

I don't recall ever seeing a swarm of bees in the wild...