#6 hardware cloth or mesh source - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Aug 25, 2016 · 3. 6 mesh hardware cloth contains 6 squares to the inch. Workers can pass through 6 mesh screening, but with difficulty. More than 20 years ago we tried using 6 mesh screening on our traps but found it removed too much of the pollen so brood suffered. 4. 7 mesh hardware cloth contains 7 squares to the inch. Workers cannot pass through.
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Jan 5, 2009 · Well, I went to my local small box, has every widget known to man, hardware store and picked up a roll of 1/8" mesh hardware cloth. Thanks for the tip - the window screen I have purchased looks like it is a 1/8x1/16" mesh - which might not have worked so well.
What size hardware cloth to keep mice out? - Beesource …
Sep 14, 2014 · 1/4 or 1/2 inch slot is not the same as a 1/4 or 1/2 inch square, I would really like to see a mouse fit through a 1/2 x 1/2 inch square hole. I have always used 1/2 inch hardware cloth with no problem. Michael, I have never seen a brindle colored mouse before, very interesting .
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Dec 8, 2009 · Had a friend who kept a boa constrictor snake as a pet. He bought mice to feed the snake and related an experience where he picked up several mice in a 1/2" hardware cloth cage. Several got loose in his car before he got home. The largest dimension of a mouse is its head. If the mouse can get his head through the rest of his body follows.
#7 hardware cloth | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jun 24, 2016 · 3. 6 mesh hardware cloth contains 6 squares to the inch. Workers can pass through 6 mesh screening, but with difficulty. More than 20 years ago we tried using 6 mesh screening on our traps but found it removed too much of the pollen so brood suffered. 4. 7 mesh hardware cloth contains 7 squares to the inch. Workers cannot pass through.
Where to get #8 hardware cloth | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Mar 29, 2009 · I live in South Florida and want to make some of my own ventilated inner covers and screened bottom boards with hardware cloth. I understand I should use #8 (1/8" x 1/8") but can only find it on the internet in huge (and expensive) rolls.
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Oct 11, 2016 · I use 1/2" hardware cloth, carefully positioned over the small central notch so that a strand of the wire bisects the opening. Bees can go in, animals stay out, even the tiny pigmy shrews which like to eat brood in winter.
#7 Hardware Cloth | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jan 17, 2008 · ACE hardware also carries #7 and #8 hardware cloth but price a 100 ft roll at around 230.00 plus tax. With free shipping from Brushy mountain I could have bought two at that price. Save Share
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Apr 1, 2014 · Some instructions I am following from an American site call for 'hardware cloth'. It's a kind of square wire mesh, that can take weight. I can't find this on any UK sites (the closest I could find is
Where to get #5 hardware cloth? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Aug 20, 2008 · Maybe Tractor Supply, Ace HArdware, or True Value if there are any of those around. #5 should mean that there are 5 holes pre inch. When I looked for #8 for bottom boards locally I found #8 36" wide for as much as $4.50 per foot.