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Comment by James G. Blackburn II on June 10, 2013 at 2:50pm

"The ends of the fence must be connected by attaching the stainless connectors together. Top of one end of the fence to the top of the other end of the fence, connect the next one down in the same fashion..."

According to Premier1 when you are using only one section of fencing of Net fence as a POS/NEG fence for drier conditions, you do NOT have to attach the Positive clip to the Pos clip and the Negative clip to the Neg clip. These clips are provided for attaching additional sections of fence to each other. You can connect them, but it makes entering the fence to tend your bees a pain since you have to disconnect and reconnect them each time you enter the fenced area.

Instead you can just clip them on the strand of polywire to which they are attached. Just don't leave them dangling where they can touch the opposite polar strand.

Comment by Rob Shepler on June 10, 2013 at 11:37am

By the way, I spoke to Gerry Radcliff today and he maintains that a correctly installed bear fence will keep bears out of bee yards. Good news to my ears.

Comment by Rob Shepler on June 10, 2013 at 11:33am

Comment by Rob Shepler on June 10, 2013 at 11:32am

Comment by Rob Shepler on June 10, 2013 at 11:20am

Bear fence hookup.

I set the charger out in the sun for three days and then found that the battery is not hooked up, you must open it and do so!

The directions in the pamphlet for laying out the fence is very good, sticks and debris complicate that effort.

Hang your charger on a pole so you can reach the on-off switch underneath. You will need to provide several lengths of copper wire to run from the charger to the fence. The connection at the charger is pretty straight forward, unscrew the knob, insert the wire (be sure you have stripped back some of the insulation) and screw it back down.

Connecting the copper wire to the fence is a bit more of a challenge but not too bad. Strip about a half inch of insulation from the copper wire and lay the wire parallel to the top wire of the fence (it looks like string but there is a conductor in there). They provide a small brass clip that goes around both the top wire and the copper from the charger. Mash it well with a pliers, form it into a circle if you can by moving around the connection with the pliers. The top wire is positive, the next wire down is negative. They do recommend the addition of a ground rod on the negative pole, pound a piece of rebar into the ground and attach another piece of copper wire to the negative terminal on the charger, you can connect it to the rebar with a hose clamp or something similar.

The ends of the fence must be connected by attaching the stainless connectors together. Top of one end of the fence to the top of the other end of the fence, connect the next one down in the same fashion.

I have not tested mine as of yet, I hope to do so this afternoon. I hope that this is right!

Pictures to follow.

Rob

Comment by Paul McCarty on June 9, 2013 at 7:29pm

Also remember, if you have nothing coming in, some breeds shut down egg production.

Comment by Paul McCarty on June 9, 2013 at 7:28pm

Look for eggs. That is what I do.

Comment by Sam Barden on June 9, 2013 at 6:46pm

I'm nervous that my hive may have lost her queen.  Did an inspection tonight.  Lots of capped brood, but protruded caps that look like they are drones, not workers.  Also, lots of capped honey cells, but nothing that appears to look like capped workers.  Wax production seems to have slowed down with not much produced over the past week compared to the first two weeks.  Also have not yet visually seen the queen, but admit that seeing her is not always easy.  Did not see any larvae.

I should have taken some pictures, but didn't I can reopen tomorrow and take some.  

Am I correct in my worry?  What else should I look for?

Comment by Chad Schumpert on June 9, 2013 at 7:32am

Sorry Rob that pretty devastating

Comment by Rob Shepler on June 8, 2013 at 6:20pm

Yep, those hives had bees, they still have bees, just no comb stores or brood. The robbing has started, I hope to get into them tomorrow, the bear popped off my robber screens and I need to get them back on.

I am using the Zareba, they recomend 7000 volts D/C and that steps you up to the 10 mile charger.

Thank you Larry and Robert for all the unexpected and highly appreciated help today. Damn, beekeepers are good people.

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