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randydrivesabus
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triangular bee escape; wax tube
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May 22, 2007, 10:02:10 pm »
they call it an escape screen in the Brushy Mountain catalog. does anyone have a good picture of one or plans to make one? i'm looking to make it myself.
anyone have any good pictures of the wax tube applicator? same...looking to make it myself.
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tillie
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Re: triangular bee escape; wax tube
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May 22, 2007, 11:12:42 pm »
The $^* is simply a tube - I think Michael Bush said that it is copper - pinched together at the end with a hole drilled in it. A wooden handle is inserted in the tube. The handle has a hole in it to provide the vacuum to hold the wax up in the tube. You can see a picture of it on my blog:
http://beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com/2007/03/frustration-of-
$^*.html
This is when I took it apart so you can see what the component parts are.
Here is a video of how it's used:
http://beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-use-wax-tube-fastener_26.html
Linda T in Atlanta
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randydrivesabus
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Re: triangular bee escape; wax tube
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May 23, 2007, 06:29:43 am »
thank-you. that helps. i suppose that any non-heat conducting material would work as a handle.
i also found plans for a triangle escape board on the dave cushman website.
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