Comments on: Ashforth Feeders http://www.peak-hives.co.uk/peak-hives/ashforth-feeders/690/ national beehives hand made in the peak district Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.peak-hives.co.uk/peak-hives/ashforth-feeders/690/comment-page-1/#comment-570 admin Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:02:18 +0000 http://www.peak-hives.co.uk/?p=690#comment-570 Best of luck with the nuc Mark! As regards the rapid feeders I'm just reporting what I've been told and my own negative experience. There again it is possible that it was down to 'user error' I suppose. I ended up with syrup dripping all over the place and I remember thinking it was a good thing it wasn't at the height of the wasp season. Best of luck with the nuc Mark! As regards the rapid feeders I’m just reporting what I’ve been told and my own negative experience. There again it is possible that it was down to ‘user error’ I suppose. I ended up with syrup dripping all over the place and I remember thinking it was a good thing it wasn’t at the height of the wasp season.

]]> By: Mark Tointon http://www.peak-hives.co.uk/peak-hives/ashforth-feeders/690/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Mark Tointon Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:49:53 +0000 http://www.peak-hives.co.uk/?p=690#comment-568 That's a substantial feeder! Hi Nick, I collected a nuc of bees last Saturday and installed them in the first of the two hives I got from you in the Spring (should have been earlier, but one supplier let me down ... not their fault, they were let down as well ... long story). I have put a crown board and super (without any frames) on top of the brood chamber, covering one of the crown board holes with a small piece of slate and positioning a Rapid Feeder over the central hole ... the super gives the height needed for the feeder and I can now simply lift off the lid of the hive and of the rapid feeder to top it up ... I can inspect syrup levels without getting togged up in a bee suit, because the bees are not disturbed at all by this. Having said this, the Rapid Feeder is just to provide some top up to get the nuc going ... it has limited capacity, so to avoid taking off the roof during the winter and reducing the hive temperature (even by a small amount in the time it takes), for over-winter feeding I am sure that the Ashforth feeder could be a worthwhile purchase. I got the Rapid Feeder from Thornes branch at Stockbridge in Hampshire ... it looked a lot easier to use than a contact feeder. Cheers, Mark That’s a substantial feeder!

Hi Nick, I collected a nuc of bees last Saturday and installed them in the first of the two hives I got from you in the Spring (should have been earlier, but one supplier let me down … not their fault, they were let down as well … long story).

I have put a crown board and super (without any frames) on top of the brood chamber, covering one of the crown board holes with a small piece of slate and positioning a Rapid Feeder over the central hole … the super gives the height needed for the feeder and I can now simply lift off the lid of the hive and of the rapid feeder to top it up … I can inspect syrup levels without getting togged up in a bee suit, because the bees are not disturbed at all by this.

Having said this, the Rapid Feeder is just to provide some top up to get the nuc going … it has limited capacity, so to avoid taking off the roof during the winter and reducing the hive temperature (even by a small amount in the time it takes), for over-winter feeding I am sure that the Ashforth feeder could be a worthwhile purchase.

I got the Rapid Feeder from Thornes branch at Stockbridge in Hampshire … it looked a lot easier to use than a contact feeder.

Cheers, Mark

]]>