This weekend, we started cleaning up the boxes and frames. Prepping for the bees arriving next month.
Step 1 has been to scrape off the crud; old brittle comb, propilis, dead bees, and other detritus, like wax moth and spider webs. Step 2, shown below, is using a paint stripping heat gun to sterilize the surfaces and joints.
We brought exterior paint from the remnants shelf at Benny Moore's. $5 for a gallon of blue, and $6 for two quarts, one purple and one green. Next, we'll clean the outsides of the boxes and paint them. We'll also clean the frames too. Our cleaning solution will be washing soda (if we can figure out where to buy it).
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