I used Wickes Bathroom glass shelf for the window:£16.
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Boston-Glass-Shelf---Chrome-500mm/p/160425#
Plus hinges about £5 plus timber 2 x 1.8 m lengths to make the "Helen eke"
above it. about £15
I used Thornes TBH £134 (assembled) as a starting point.
Certainly costs more than Helen's!
Eric
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Subject: [oxnatbees] Re: TBH question
That's impressively archived! Thank you.
And a much more believable cost. I don't see windows mentioned - I thought at
least one of your hives had a window?
Ah, queen excluder. Yes. We frown on those but they are undeniably useful if
you want some honey. I rechecked my potentially honey yielding Warre yesterday.
By golly there are now more brood in the top box than a few days ago, they're
meant to be out of there by now! I'll need to wait a bit longer to get that
harvested, or maybe wait 'til Spring now.
BTW my bees are madly busy (flying) in the rain. I assume the plants are
offering a nectar splurge now it's raining for the first time in a week, so
it's all hands on deck to pack it in. Our holly tree was buzzing so loudly I
thought there might be a swarm up there (it flowered months ago) - but it's
insects gorging on the ivy threaded through it.
Paul
On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 at 14:58, Helen Nunn
<helenmaynunn@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:helenmaynunn@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Paul
Attaching a document which I hope shows my hive-building costs. these are the
bits I had to buy. Some extra things may have been lying around in the garage!
Hope it's helpful.
Helen
On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 at 11:28, Oxnatbees
<oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
People used to say you could build a TBH for £30. I've never heard of one made
for that little. Could those who've built their own, say how much they spent?
Paul
