Author Topic: Paint job (Read 14553 times)

Finally Home · « **on:** December 31, 2013, 05:33:51 pm »

My daughter offered to help paint some new hives. I like it

Second picture is of some paint I got at Menards for $5. It was a gallon of OOPS paint. Wrong color or whatever. I like shopping that corner. Most is usually indoor paint but I get lucky every now n then. Thought it was neat that it kind of has a light honey tone to it. Had to double check that it was paint. Almost looks like stain. Either way I think it will work just fine.

blueblood · « **Reply #1 on:** December 31, 2013, 05:42:18 pm »

I like it, great job!

efmesch · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2014, 09:16:11 am »

It looks real cool, but remember that dark paint on the outside of a hive will have the effect of heating it up on sunny summer days. I've seen bees in a dark hive that got so uncomfortable that they almost abandoned their efforts to cool it and moved outdoors to the relative cool of day.

Finally Home · « **Reply #3 on:** January 01, 2014, 09:43:32 am »

Quote from: efmesch on January 01, 2014, 09:16:11 am

It looks real cool, but remember that dark paint on the outside of a hive will have the effect of heating it up on sunny summer days. I've seen bees in a dark hive that got so uncomfortable that they almost abandoned their efforts to cool it and moved outdoors to the relative cool of day.

Thanks
I've have read that. The people close by that I bought my honey from for about 6-7 years had all their hives either dark brown or dark green. He'd been keeping bees for over 40 years. I had asked him about that when we were thinking about bee keeping and he said our area rarely gets to temps that would make the color a problem. Another lady about 10 minutes away has all dark colored hives and told me the same thing. My hives are mixed. Some light and some dark. None are all dark (both box's). Even on hot days mine do very little bearding. They are located so when trees have leaves they are pretty shaded from noon on. Come to think of it, both of the other peoples were the same way.

crazy8days · « **Reply #4 on:** January 01, 2014, 02:10:03 pm »

Cool paint job! If you have a sherwin-williams in town they usually sell oops paint for a buck!

Finally Home · « **Reply #5 on:** January 01, 2014, 04:55:27 pm »

Quote from: crazy8days on January 01, 2014, 02:10:03 pm

Cool paint job! If you have a sherwin-williams in town they usually sell oops paint for a buck!

Don't know of one but I can always search the web. Thanks

riverbee · « **Reply #6 on:** January 01, 2014, 05:19:22 pm »

any place that sells paint has oops paint, most of mine has come from home depot. also a beek friend of mine got some of his for free at a recycling center.......

Finally Home · « **Reply #7 on:** January 01, 2014, 05:39:43 pm »

Quote from: riverbee on January 01, 2014, 05:19:22 pm

any place that sells paint has oops paint, most of mine has come from home depot. also a beek friend of mine got some of his for free at a recycling center.......

Another good thought. Thanks

minz · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2014, 04:56:58 pm »

I always shop for opps paint and my local tru Value had a can for $16 on the perfect color. Maybe they are getting smart because $8 is what they were going for.

Finally Home · « **Reply #9 on:** January 06, 2014, 05:13:10 pm »

Quote from: minz on January 06, 2014, 04:56:58 pm

I always shop for opps paint and my local tru Value had a can for $16 on the perfect color. Maybe they are getting smart because $8 is what they were going for.

This store used to sell damaged sheets of OSB for $4 then suddenly they went up to $16??? Might be a popular item or people were damaging them when not needing a full sheet for the self inflicted discount

Don't understand why they'd double the paint prices though??

mamapoppybee · « **Reply #10 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:45:21 pm »

been getting a bit of it under way! Need more paint to finish the top supper. looks like a trip to the craft store in the a.m.

Finally Home · « **Reply #11 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:59:20 pm »

Very nice. Will you be ambitious enough to paint ALL your hives that way

mamapoppybee · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2014, 03:01:53 pm »

depends on coffe stash and if i run outta ideas for them.

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #13 on:** January 09, 2014, 04:07:27 pm »

Holy smokes!! How many boxes can I get done for 20 lbs of coffee??

Nice job!!!!

riverbee · « **Reply #14 on:** January 09, 2014, 04:20:32 pm »

hey now that is a very creative and cool coffee stash paint job!

mamapoppybee · « **Reply #15 on:** January 09, 2014, 04:26:01 pm »

depends lazy if your trying to slip me decaf then we will have serious probs. im kinda like that squirl on over the hedge.

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #16 on:** January 09, 2014, 04:30:26 pm »

LOL.. No Decaf!! Only the good stuff!!!

GLOCK · « **Reply #17 on:** January 09, 2014, 07:58:03 pm »

Quote from: efmesch on January 01, 2014, 09:16:11 am

It looks real cool, but remember that dark paint on the outside of a hive will have the effect of heating it up on sunny summer days. I've seen bees in a dark hive that got so uncomfortable that they almost abandoned their efforts to cool it and moved outdoors to the relative cool of day.

I run black hives and my bees seem to like it all my black hives are strong now I am in N.Pennsylvania temps. over 90 are not to often and do not last long but I have seen 100 plus a few days in past years and my black hive acted no different then my other hives. I think the bees like the heat . I go buy experience.

good luck.

efmesch · « **Reply #18 on:** January 13, 2014, 07:00:11 am »

Glock says...... "I have seen 100 plus a few days in past years and my black hive acted no different then my other hives".......

Ef asks: How do you aerate your hives? Top and Bottom? If you do it right, the natural currrents of air might flow through and self-cool the black hives. I still wouldn't recommend it though.

GLOCK · « **Reply #19 on:** January 13, 2014, 08:40:44 am »

Quote from: efmesch on January 13, 2014, 07:00:11 am

Ef asks: How do you aerate your hives? Top and Bottom? If you do it right, the natural currrents of air might flow through and self-cool the black hives. I still wouldn't recommend it though.

Well I use top entrance and bottom entrances and in mid. summer screen top covers and SBB but only when it is real hot 80+ .
But I have nucs that are black with just a bottom entrance just the size of a bee and they do well.
Plus I have DBL. deeps that only had one entrance{bottom} till fall so I don't think any thing is wrong with black hives.
I have mostly black hives and they do well {have not lost a hive since last winter} the only pest I have are VARROA . They build up fast in the spring and made honey {2013 first year I got honey}.
I go buy experience and there's nothing wrong with running black hives in N. pa. I mean that in the nicest way

Plus my hives are in full sun all day long .