I felt confident enough to put frames together myself and I was chuffed that I managed to get the Black & Decker workmate up.
It took about 2-3 hours in the garage to build 10 frames with foundation and about 2 hours the following evening to build a Super. Of course, I put the Super together wrongly …. But I managed to prise the box apart, including eight 2” nails, before the glue set.
My advice – either build the hive over Winter, buy a completed beehive for an extra £100 or buy a beehaus.
Postscript: Hmmmm … I didn’t follow my advice, read It’s A Girl.
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Try getting a rampin for frame building – much easier and quicker than a hammer, and no bashed fingers!
Funnily enough I actually enjoy building frames, how odd lol!
HELLO. My Dad mentioned this too. I thought he said “ramekin”. At least I know the right word now!
now that would be funny, watching you using a ramekin to put together a frame 🙂