Gilberdyke John
Queen Bee
- Joined
- May 5, 2013
- Messages
- 5,482
- Reaction score
- 1,795
- Location
- HU15 East Yorkshire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 10
It looks again like something to gull the gullible - why would someone in SA spend that much money on a hive? The standard hive out there is the Langstroth - small entrance, no ventilation holes, no holes in crown boards and solid floors - the bees seem to cope with the heat out there no bother. Most suppliers out there will sell you a hive outfit - brood box,QX,super, solid floor with entrance block, roof and waxed frames ready creosoted for between six and eight hundred rand - less than thirty quid at todays pitiful rate! although out in Lesotho that's the equivalent of one year's secondary education (Including uniform)
The Yarpies aren't as daft as us to be spending loads of cash on gimmicky toys
Here is another "<i>
The composite structure allows for a hive lifespan of 50 years, whereas wooden hives last 4 to 6 years."</i>
Bull excrement. (some of the local Association wooden hives are at least 30 years old. I have wooden hives six years old - and they were made from pallet wood...)
Having lived in Johannesburg I comment - Termites anyone?
Even in high rise flats the doorframes were folded sheet steel to resist termite attack.