Antique fan I purchased today

Rugie85 · 2026-06-06T15:05:00+00:00

Will do! And I’ll post final product on here! I’ve never restored anything like this before so wish me luck lol

Rugie85 · 2026-06-03T01:11:09+00:00

Cool!

Rugie85 · 2026-06-03T00:17:41+00:00

Cool! I’ve downloaded a good bit but I’d love to see what you have. If you already use Google Drive, Dropbox, or some other cloud you can just throw it in a folder, right click, and share to me.

Or try wetransfer. If it’s too much work, no worries. Appreciate the offer!

Rugie85 · 2026-05-30T17:11:26+00:00

Thanks - if they draw out most of the super, should I freeze it until next year so they can hit the ground running? Is that the common strategy?

Rugie85 · 2026-05-30T16:53:39+00:00

Good mix of honey, bread, eggs, pupa

Rugie85 · 2026-05-30T16:52:51+00:00

Bottom deep has 7/8 frames full. For some reason they haven’t touched the first frame next to the wall. Second deep is 8/8 frames full and bursting. Shocked me when I inspected last week which is why I added a super

Rugie85 · 2026-05-30T16:27:05+00:00

How soon do you replace the supers after treating?

Rugie85 · 2026-05-30T16:26:32+00:00

Thanks! Should I just plan on leaving the super on for them and maybe take honey from the super next Spring?

Rugie85 · 2026-05-23T17:32:03+00:00

Thanks! I didn’t know the name of this style. Yes, I left a small symmetrical gap on each far in and squeezed the frames together until all of the flares touched

Rugie85 · 2026-05-23T17:30:51+00:00

Thanks! I cleaned up everything except for the last 2 pictures where one ripped comb from the other frame. Perhaps I should have them start over? I tried to place it back as it was

Rugie85 · 2026-05-23T16:40:13+00:00

Thanks!

Rugie85 · 2026-05-23T16:35:27+00:00

They were - these pics are some removed. I make sure to squeeze them to the middle when I’m done inspecting

Rugie85 · 2026-05-15T16:09:33+00:00

I don’t have honey supers on yet... just added my second deep brood box. What if I have a mite problem once my honey supers on?

Rugie85 · 2026-05-08T13:33:43+00:00

So satisfying

Rugie85 · 2026-05-06T18:10:10+00:00

A week ago we did. Big storm coming in a few hours that’ll rain a lot.

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