Comments on: Beekeeping Hardware Maintenance https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/04/beekeeping-hardware-maintenance/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alan Cole https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/04/beekeeping-hardware-maintenance/#comment-53924 Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:52:32 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33163#comment-53924 In reply to Russ.

Thanks Russ, we have been thinking about poly hives ourselves for a while, but as you say they do lack that rustic charm. Especially as here they would need to be weighed down with a big pile of house bricks and tied to several breeze blocks too!!

Definitely worth a try though as they probably perform better from a insulating and weatherproofing point of view as well.

Hope all is well with you – I presume that like us you had kind of been practising for self-isolation for several years already! 🙂

Al.

]]> By: Russ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/04/beekeeping-hardware-maintenance/#comment-53923 Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:31:48 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33163#comment-53923 Hi Alan
I’ve got a mix of self built ply hives and wooden. A couple of years ago I got hold of a poly hive, I’d admit it lacks a certain rustic charm but I’d have to say they are really good. My bees do very well in them and the hives/parts tend to be cheaper and so far seem to last longer than some of the cheaper wooden ones – particularly the ply.
We are really wet/damp here and no matter what I do the wooden ones just seem to get really smelly and rotten as they age. Might be worth and experiment?
Anyway hope you are well!

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