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Re: DIY inner covers (part 2)
« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2016, 10:54:55 am »
What Iddee said.. I have had some hives I was looking at that were QUITE riled by the time I managed to free the tele covers.. Owner said he just wanted to save a little money.   Even a flat piece of plywood is better than no inner cover at all..    With no inner cover  you have to literally jam your hive tool into the wood of the box in order to get leverage to pry upward.. 
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Re: DIY inner covers (part 2)
« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2016, 12:06:17 pm »
Inner covers add to the insulating. In cold areas during the winter Horror frost forming over the cluster then melting will kill a colony. The inner cover provides the top entrance for ventilation, allows the bees the top entrance, allows for a placement of insulation over the colony and the top cover over the insulation. It also allows for the convenient feeding of syrup by placing a jar of pail on top.
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Re: DIY inner covers (part 2)
« Reply #22 on: May 05, 2016, 09:07:51 am »

Quote from: iddee on May 04, 2016, 08:05:04 am
With an inner cover, you can get a hive tool under it and pry upward. With a tele cover and no inner cover, you can only pry outward. When it is propolized well and you rip the side off the tele cover before it comes loose, then you will know what the inner cover is for.

Thanks Iddee, I guess the feeder/vent shim I have serves the same purpose. We have such mild winters here.
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Re: DIY inner covers (part 2)
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2016, 09:43:34 pm »
lol bc, wait til the bees glue your feeder/vent shim to the tele cover and the whole works comes off (and/or something breaks) .......
and really torks the bees off......... :D :D :D
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Re: DIY inner covers (part 2)
« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2016, 10:20:23 am »
Perry, I didn't know the Metric Police allowed tape measures marked in inches in Canada!  But I'm glad they do, otherwise, your measurements would be Greek to me.  :)
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Re: DIY inner covers (part 2)
« Reply #25 on: May 13, 2016, 10:49:38 am »
Were Bilingual up here in Canada. Inch,foot-centimeter,meter. Celsius-Fahrenheit. pounds-grams. gallons-liters. miles-kilometers. Canadian dollar-US dollar. Oh and I almost forgot, French-English.
We have a secret tool up here It is called a Conversion App. It can be loaded onto any computer or smart phone. We can also find conversion charts in the Info section of any phone book
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Re: DIY inner covers (part 2)
« Reply #26 on: May 13, 2016, 12:10:27 pm »
You can take a hammer and tap the bottom of all 4 sides of the tele cover and break it loose most times, but i have found that can become very painful at times. :yes: Jack
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