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I used an 18" bungee cord to connect the robber screen to the back screw eye on each side of the hive.
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Tonight I put screw eyes in to the sides of my original effort at making a robber screen and screwed screw eyes into the back of Destin.
Tomorrow while the bees are flying, I'll install the robber screen on Destin.
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OK, I don't know what a router is, much less what it does. But I did want to be able to close the hive up, so I cut a piece of the wood I used for the side shim the length of the opening at the top of the robber screen. Then I nailed a nail into each end to give the wood a way to hold it up in the opening. So here it is in the picture - although I won't use the cleat unless I truly need to close the hive.
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Linda, a Router is very much like a drill. Among the many, many things you can use a router for, the application here would have been to remove a certain amount of wood from the corner or edge of the board to make the cleat.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a wonderful job with the robber screen. The window screen idea was a great one and seems to work well. You are pretty brave to put the screen on with the bee's furious all around you. I hope you wore your hat.
Linda, a Router is very much like a drill. Among the many, many things you can use a router for, the application here would have been to remove a certain amount of wood from the corner or edge of the board to make the cleat.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a wonderful job with the robber screen. The window screen idea was a great one and seems to work well. You are pretty brave to put the screen on with the bee's furious all around you. I hope you wore your hat.