New Class Tuesday Night, July 27, 2010:

Build Hive Boxes and Frames Like You Mean It,
Then Wire and Wax Frames So the Bees Will Love and Not Curse You.

The class will cover:
• Assembling Hive Boxes and Supers - an assembly jig will be demonstrated along with an abundant amount of a proper glue and multiple-sized galvanized nails.
• Rapid Eyelet assembly - when wiring wooden frames, inserting brass eyelets is essential to getting support wires tight enough to do a meaningful job of support. There is a fast working method.
• Assembling Frames - an assembly jig will be demonstrated with a proper glueing method using both appropriate-sized and a reasonable number of nails (not too many required.)
• Frame Wiring - a wiring jig will be demonstrated along with methods and small tricks for making the wires tight enough.
• Installing Wax Foundation - paying attention to installing wax foundation correctly can allow you to minimize the bees' work, and if not done correctly, you could be accused of torturing your bees, or at the very least, making their lives miserable.
• Embedding Wires Into Wax Foundation - properly embedding the horizontal support wires into the wax foundation, adding to the vertical support wires already in the crimped-wire wax foundation, will provide you with remarkably sturdy honey frames which will stand up to even substantial rotation speeds in your extractor. Comb is especially delicate through its first few extractions and if frames are not properly wired for support, comb can be "blown-out" in the midst of extrating. And yikes, what a mess it makes in the extractor!

It's quite a bit to cover, but we will start promptly at 7 PM next Tuesday night and be finished up by 9 PM. The location will be upstairs in the Randall Room at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.

Send an RSVP to: "robert@citybees.com" if you plan to attend this special San Francisco Beekeepers Association class at the Randall Museum. For any questions: 415-722-7640.

For location and information about getting there: Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way, San Francisco, CA 94114-1429, (415) 554-9600

City Bees has been working with urban bees in San Francisco since 1996.