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Perry:
I am so far behind it feels like I am out front!
I have every honey super to my name on hives and I have just been going flat out. I have 70 deeps and 140 mediums built but still need to put in the hand holds and prime and 2 coats of paint.
My son is work "challenged", and efforts to get him involved have been frustrating, so I used a new tact. I offered the job of painting to the girl across the street (same age) after I grew frustrated with him procrastinating. When he heard he suddenly took interest. They each get $2 a box for priming and then 2 coats of paint. I have 50 boxes in the picture so they will each earn $50. Not bad for 14 year olds. The prime and first coat can be done on the same day but the second coat of paint has to wait 24 hours.
iddee:
You can dip a box in this in about a minute and never have to do it again.Material cost, less than 1.00 CAD per box.
http://www.ecowoodtreatment.com/
For the US, Beez Needz sells this for 14.95 plus shipping. It is all I use any more. Painting is long gone.
https://www.amazon.com/Eco-Wood-Treatment-2-Oz/dp/B007PF8GH2
Chip Euliss:
I like the color Perry! My boxes are the color of the returned paint at Home Depot so I get some pretty colorful ones at times. Reminds me of my first job many years ago. It was in Willows, CA and the local hardware store had a sign in the paint department that read "Husbands picking out paint color must present permission slip from their wife before we will mix it!" Must happen a lot at Home Depot but at $5/gallon, I don't care what color it is and neither do the bees :laugh: :laugh:
efmesch:
Perry says: "... so I used a new tact. I offered the job of painting to the girl across the street (same age) after I grew frustrated with him procrastinating. When he heard he suddenly took interest."
Perry, I thought you were a beekeeper. :bee: :bee: Now I KNOW that you are a natural born PSYCHOLOGIST at heart. :yes:
Brilliant thinking. :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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