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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2014, 06:43:41 pm »
i have a maxant, err had?  it's laying around here somewhere......ran off with rat's smoker....... :D

ps jen, an epi trainer pen isn't going to help you......(to the left in the pic).........  :D and that yellow frame grip with the big screwdriver end looks like it would be awkard to use?

what apis said, and why i do pretty similiar:
"The bees build more bridge comb between the side wall and the frames than they do between the frames. If there is bur-comb along the top bars I cut it on the sides of frame 1 & 3 this leaves all the bur-comb on frame #2 and as you pull it up the sides of the adjacent frames are clean.and you have lots of room to remove the frame with out damaging any bees including the queen is she happens to be on the frame."
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2014, 07:55:07 pm »
Hi Riv-  LOL the epi trainer holds up the bottom of my lap when it get too hot

    I have one hive where the frames are tight, so after I've loosened the first frame I want to take out, I can't get my fingers on either side of the frame to lift it up. It helps when I need a tighter grip for a minute. I'm thinking this hive needs to go to nine frames now.
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2014, 09:30:43 pm »
"Hi Riv-  LOL the epi trainer holds up the bottom of my lap when it get too hot
    I have one hive where the frames are tight, so after I've loosened the first frame I want to take out, I can't get my fingers on either side of the frame to lift it up. It helps when I need a tighter grip for a minute. I'm thinking this hive needs to go to nine frames now".

LOL on the use of the trainer pen.......... :D

9 frame brood boxes are nice, i like it for many reasons, and primarily the ease of getting the frames out.  mind you the bees still propolize them just as they would 10 frames, and build brace comb, but still much easier to work with, IMHO.  when i start a colony on undrawn foundation 10 frames go in, and then when drawn, reduced to 9.
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2014, 09:45:19 pm »
I've been keeping that in mind this summer  :)
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #24 on: August 28, 2014, 09:49:30 pm »
That yellow frame grip with the screw driver end is a little awkward at first but the best tool in my arsenal now, well that and the italian are tied
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #25 on: August 29, 2014, 03:22:49 am »
I am reading this at 2 am and wondering what can of worms has Perry opened up now?  I'm sure my eyes have glazed over attempted to read the detailed descriptions of how everyone uses their hive tools.
I will add that, in addition to working the hives, the tool with the hook is sharp enough to cut through packing tape when breaking down boxes for recycling.  What else would you use to break down packing boxes your honey bottles came in but a hive tool?
Perry wins the prize for intriguing thread titles!  Does the chef have a sweet treat for Perry?
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2014, 12:18:03 pm »
Badda Bing Baker !  :D
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2014, 12:31:42 pm »
This was my tool of choice last time i was into a hive.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Linoleum_Knife.jpg/1104px-Linoleum_Knife.jpg
Earlier on in the season I grabbed these.
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-g/needle-nose-pliers-11555-4807669.jpg
But I have also used screwdrivers chisels what ever is handy, even one of these
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Dessert_Spoon.jpg
That ever works.
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #28 on: August 29, 2014, 12:39:05 pm »
LOL apis!!!

"I am reading this at 2 am and wondering what can of worms has Perry opened up now?"
........... :D

and perry does win the prize for an intriguing thread title bakers 12....... :D
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #29 on: August 29, 2014, 02:34:27 pm »
"and perry does win the prize for an intriguing thread title bakers 12

   Caught my attention  :D
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #30 on: August 30, 2014, 06:23:40 pm »
If Perry could have added, "whose is the biggest" it would have been the title of the year.  :):)
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #31 on: August 30, 2014, 08:06:37 pm »
okay all......some pretty funny comments, made a couple myself.
don't want to be a 'pooper' here, let's just get back to the thread/subject title.....of hive tools.......and how we use them or which one we use, and why... :)
 or what's in our arsenal when we work hives......yes?........ :yes:

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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #32 on: August 30, 2014, 08:52:36 pm »
I use frame gripper, and standard hive tool. I always remove either the number 1 or 10 frame first to create maneuvering room. Also use frame perch. I may decide to pull 3 or 4 different frames and keep them outside the hive. Using the frame perch helps keep the frames in order and facing the way they were when they came out of the hive.
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #33 on: August 30, 2014, 09:21:56 pm »
Well, holding your tool in lieu of "How do you hold your hive tool?" is a provocative statement to say the least.  That being said, my favorite hive tool has a sharp chisel type blade on one end and a red hook on the other end.  The hooked end can be used to pry against one frame to raise another frame.  It's convenient.  I also keep a frame lifter handy, as I have neuropathy in my left hand and sometimes my left hand releases what I am holding if it is heavy. 
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Re: Holding your tool.
« Reply #34 on: September 01, 2014, 03:03:34 pm »
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