Rulers, saws, planers, hammers, chisels, wooden files, etc., which are essential professional tools for old carpenters, but with the continuous update of more advanced equipment, these tools used by old carpenters have been gradually replaced and improved, and have slowly become history.
A "treasure" often used by beekeepers is made by someone through the integration and improvement of the hammer, chisel and wooden file used by the old carpenter, and now many beekeepers rely on it very much, because it is so easy to use, even irreplaceable, listen to the words of bees have a hand.
This thing is the "scraper".
So, what are the specific parts of the scraper? What practical help will these parts bring in the process of beekeeping? Listen to the words of bees to give you a specific introduction:
First, the bottom end of the scraper: it is actually a file used by the old carpenter. As shown below:
Scraper bottom
Old carpenter's file:
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The scraper is thinner and wider than a wooden file. This is very important for beekeeping:
(1) It is convenient to pry open the beehive cover.
There is sometimes beeswax and propolis bonding between the beehive cover and the beehive, which may be difficult to open directly with bare hands, and the vibration will be very large, which will greatly disturb the bee colony. But with a scraper, we can insert the scraper directly into the gap between the beehive cover and the beehive, and then pry open the beehive cover. This greatly increases the speed of unpacking, and at the same time, there will be no particularly large unpacking movement that will cause strong disturbance to the bee colony.
(2) It is convenient to remove debris.
There is often some excess beeswax around the edge of the nest that needs to be cleaned up, and beeswax and other impurities are often stuck to the bottom of the hive, which can be easily removed with a scraper. It brings a lot of convenience when managing bee colonies.
Second, the head of the scraper.
front
side
The scraper head has more uses than the tail:
(1) The back of the cutter head is thick and heavy, which is a hammer. This can be used to hammer nails in the normal process of beekeeping. For example, if the beehive nail is loose, it can be reinforced. Transitions require nailing the nest frame and beehive, which can be used to hammer nails.
(2) The front design of the cutter head is V-shaped, which is very convenient for pulling nails, for example, after the transition to the site, it is necessary to pull out the nails that fix the nest frame and beehive. In addition, it is often used to repair beehives.
(3) The cutter head also has a very big role is to help beekeepers to adjust the spleen when looking at the bees, usually the place where the nest spleen and the beehive are handed over will have beeswax and propolis sticky, and the nest frame can not be easily lifted by bare hands, so it is necessary to pry the nest frame with a scraper, and separate the nest frame and the beehive, so as to ensure that the whole spleen adjustment process is slight, and the impact on the bee colony is reduced to a minimum.
The scraper plays a very vital role in the process of beekeeping, and is a very efficient and practical beekeeping appliance, and now basically every beekeeper will be equipped with one. Listening to the words of bees is also very dependent on it.
Therefore, it is recommended here that friends who are new to beekeeping should never leave it behind when choosing beekeeping equipment.
If you have more useful scrapers, welcome to leave a message to share.