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Post by santawalt on Mar 16, 2016 17:13:16 GMT -7
I am building a couple of horizontal top bar hives. Most of the plans and videos on YouTube have an observation window in one side. My question is how the glass is placed in the side of the hive so that the bees cannot get around the follower board. If it is flush, I know of no glue that will hold the glass it in place. Most experts say not to use Plexiglas because it will yellow pretty bad and keep you from seeing inside. Can anyone help with this? Thanks.
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Post by jeffcool on Mar 18, 2016 15:31:35 GMT -7
I can answer part of your question. The glass needs to be flush to the inside of the hive, otherwise they will extend the combs into that space making the hive difficult to manage. That said, the follower board also does not have to be "bee tight" unless you plan to run two colonies side by side.
Two designs I've seen but not used:
1) Bevel the wood for the glass to rest in so it's flush to the inside wall. The glass is then held by by screws - you need a way to drill holes in the glass for this.
2) The glass pane runs the entire side and is pinned against the sides of the hive by the trim that is also used to make the window cover.
- Jeff
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