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Offline TwT

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101 Uses of the Hive Tool
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2006, 10:46:16 am »
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TWT, your hive tool bends?



sure they do, and yours might also eventually, prying boxes apart, I sometimes will pry 2 supers off at the same time and it bends every know and then..... its not a big problem but it does happen......
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« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2006, 10:50:18 am »
The one I got from Mann Lake is very thick. I actually tried to bend it a little to give it some curve and couldn't...
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« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2006, 11:22:02 am »
The best hive tool, by far:

http://www.beeequipment.com/products.asp?pcode=591

My second favorite is an old light meat cleaver with the end sharpened. :)
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« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2006, 12:30:06 pm »
Punishing bad children.


(just kidding).
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