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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: RHBee on February 05, 2013, 07:33:06 am

Title: Building feeders and making them water proof.
Post by: RHBee on February 05, 2013, 07:33:06 am

I'm building my first feeders and want to know if anyone has ever lined the inside of the tank with a layer of fiberglass cloth and resin. See any problems with that? After it's cured you can pretty much eat off of it.

Title: Re: Building feeders and making them water proof.
Post by: BeeMaster2 on February 05, 2013, 01:05:44 pm

Sounds to me like it will work just fine. Bee sure to seal the entire top side.
Jim

Title: Re: Building feeders and making them water proof.
Post by: RHBee on February 05, 2013, 01:37:45 pm

Thanks Jim. This is crunch time. Just ordered 500 frames and foundation. Some assembly required :).

Title: Re: Building feeders and making them water proof.
Post by: hardwood on February 05, 2013, 02:10:37 pm

Just dip your feeders in melted wax....a lot easier.

Scott

Title: Re: Building feeders and making them water proof.
Post by: RHBee on February 05, 2013, 05:58:19 pm

Scott,
 I don't have any way to do that right now. The only thing I could do would be to melt in pour it in. Someday I want to be able to dip my hives. But right now the startup cost are too much.