so today what we're looking at are better comb frames from better be a lot
of people have been asking me based on my experience with those last year and
testing them out with the bees they want to know if they can use these up in the
honey supers and if they can hold up to extraction well we know from other
viewers that have been reporting their experience with the better comb that
they don't handle hot weather very well and they're really not that strong but
better be now offers better comb frames pre-wired and ready to go they also have
this better be in bedding system which is really very basic and we're gonna go
over that too I'm gonna demonstrate the whole thing what our better comes to
begin with they are synthetic pre-drawn comb that your bees will treat like any
other comb that they made themselves we're gonna hook this up to a 12 volt
battery charging system the exact same system that I use when I do oxalic acid
vaporization there you go and I turn it on it's at twelve point three volts
model P as JTAC two two one two this thing will handle a lot of these so what
we're gonna do here today is I'm gonna do ten of these I'm not going to show
you all ten but we're gonna go step by step these are the contacts and look
they're adjustable see that braided why are there that gives you a broad surface
don't touch them together obviously we're completing the circuit by running
it through these wires which are pre-installed you don't have to do it
yourself it couldn't be easier so this came at a ten frame kit here is a
close-up of the better comb it's made by hexa sells in Hungary and they're
marketed through better be so they're called better comb here in the United
States notice that the cells are angled this is key when we're going to put them
together for embedding on this wire and we're going to notice that the edges
around the circumference here are also angled a little bit and that's how
you'll know which side to phase up you want it to taper towards the top so that
we can put the frame over it and not get it stuck
and then we're gonna bump it up against the embedding system here and we're
gonna melt those wires right into it and the goal is to get the wires right down
to that Center strand there what would be foundation there it is from the end
even when you look at natural drawn comb that the bees make themselves the cells
are angled down like a chevron that's so that when the nectar is wet and it goes
in the cells it doesn't just run out and also they give you this shim they call
it the embedding shim it's really just a couple of sheets of cardboard married
together and it has the better be imprint on it so you'll know not to
throw that out it's part of the kit here's the frame and also when you look
at the end that has the diagonals here where the wire comes through and goes
around the little pins super tight that's the side we're gonna put up
against the embedding system right here so if you did that yourself lots of
videos on how to do that if you want to make your own I'm taking lazy way out
taking these the way they come from better be this is for a medium super
which will be used for honey and once we put these wires in here you can put it
in your extractor so here we go let's get this all lined up there's plenty
clearance around it now we've got the thing turned on and we're gonna pump
these right up against it make contact the contact is direct current so it
heats the wires and then the wires just should melt right into the comb as it
would real beeswax there it goes right in there so then you just leave it that
way and let it cool down you just draw it away from the contacts there and
there you go and you put that in your box look at that
you can't even tell it where I went through it again the goal is to get it
right to that center piece there just like wax foundation and we've got a
perfectly good frame now they can handle extraction let's do a few more it goes
again put it right over the top make sure and check the angles of your cells
bump it up against the contacts there 12 volts oh and it doesn't melt guess what
happened problem is it had a seven amp fuse in it but they also included a 15
amp fuse so I pulled the seven out we're putting the 15 in it actually blew the
fuse on the first cycle so we're gonna put the 15 in they tell you right in the
instructions it's going to use around 12 amps so let's try this again now see if
we can get right on track my goal is 10 frames in 10 minutes or
less it goes works like a champ I guess the
key is a 15 amp fuse let's do that again here's another one and I'm just setting
the side I have a medium box sitting off to the side then I'm putting these in
that looks smooth as glass very easy lots of fun to watch they say
I hope it's fun to watch and you use that cardboard sham to push it up so it
goes flush with the wooden frame see that at the bottom that's the goal
show you the contacts up close remember these contacts can be moved easily they
have wing nuts on the backside so you can adjust them if you're not making
good contact melt right in and it melts right back around the cat that was made
by the wires as if it was never there as if it was never damaged and when you put
these in your beehive the bees will treat this like their own drawn
honeycomb you will not be able to tell the difference so I'm going to tell you
some pointers here too if you're in an area where you get over 85 degrees
Fahrenheit for any length of time I have viewers down in Texas for example
these things will sag you definitely want to put the wires in them and it's
just an overview this is the embedding system look how basic this is it looks
like they cut it from a corner of a bee box its marked with better B you have
the little wing nuts on the back so you can adjust it yourself
there's the fuse holder there on the black part and you just clamp these to
any 12-volt battery you can put it on your tractor better your car battery
anything you want here's the frame finished but I want you to know you're
gonna want to make sure and label these frames better tell them on top so you
know that you have synthetic pre-drawn wax in this box if you don't mark them
you're not gonna be able to tell the difference I hope you liked it get your
own easy as pie ten frames in less than 10 minutes embedded with that embedding
system from better be look for the links in the video description thanks for
watching
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