I would enjoy a video of your dipping process. What equipment and materials needed for that whole process. Great video as always!

25 years is a long time for wood to last in that area of the US. If you are going to do something do it right. Great info you have shared. Wax dipping might be great but for a smaller bee operation your linseed oil method can be done with little investment. Thanks Bob. I've used boiled linseed oil mixed with some beeswax and orange oil for my honey supers. I let them breath or age for about three months and had no problem with them. They only stay on for a few months and then they are back in storage so after one year of use they still look new. If I get 10 years of use out of them will be enough because I doubt if I'll worry about them when I'm 80.

I requested a video on this a few months back, awesome to see it. I picked up some Sherwin-Williams oil base primer and latex acrylic enamel paint on their Black Friday sale. Will start painting soon, but not dipping. Thanks Mr. Bob, you’re a wealth of knowledge. Happy New Year!

You have the whole process covered. Lots of experience is showing. Thanks.

Hello sir, Can u make a video on how you dip your boxes?

Hi Bob - I hope you had a Merry Christmas and hope you have a Great New Year !

Bob, I want to thank you for being so very thorough in your description and showing us wht you do, and explaining WHY. I liked the fact that you mix the 'Frog's Blood' (What we call the green copper napthenate!!!) and Linseed oil. Wen I built my fence at my house, this was the same mix I used!!! I was very happy to see the similar mindset. For my hive box primer, I am instead using a water based clear exterior polyurethane varnish. I had concerns of the frog's blood being bad for the bees, and the two good features of the water-based urethane is it dries rock hard, and bugs, (moth larvae especially) do not chew into it like they do raw wood or waxed wood. And, there is no residual oils or scent, and I have fond the bees do not mind it at all. The good stuff isn't cheap, just like your process....... Thank you for such great guidance and tips for cost savings!!! Always appreciated; Paul Romanowski.

Very efficient process you have going there Bob! For my little backyard operation I just use some good old enamel paint double coated no diluting.

Bob, thanks for your videos and Happy New Year.

Thank you, Greatly appreciated

Quick tip…If you store your extra dip in five gallon buckets I would recommend that you double the buckets. My brand new blue Lowe’s bucket cracked last night, and now I have a mess in the shop. The boxes look great though.

Thanks, Bob! I love your videos. Beautiful shop!! It must be a pleasure to work there. It’s nice that you give kudos to your crew. Best wishes for the new year!

I know your staff works hard, but it appears to me that your accountant is your best hire. Your bugs are living in a better house than I am.

Thanks, Bob. Happy New Year from Romania!🎄

Thanks Bob!

I do use paraffin and I do paint my boxes right away - straight from the paraffin while its hot. I use water soluble paint and it sticks fine...

Excelent works. Explain what is wisdom..

I use that Zinsser cover stain and that stuff is great, but the fumes are no joke. It's so good though I don't mind having to wear a respirator when working with it.

I really enjoy your videos. I'm a beekeeper in Ohio and just bought a "get-away" home in Blairsville, GA. Would love to take a road trip on the motorcycle next summer to visit your business.

Oil based primer with a latex enamel topcoat will hold out longer than anything else. The oil primer will penetrate the wood and grip better. Especially over wood that has been dipped than weathered in Bob's preservative mix. The latex enamel will resist the elements and won't dry out and flake as quickly as an oil topcoat. That's also why Sherwin Williams will warranty their latex products far longer than their oil based top coats.

Honeybee at 7:47 is already looking to move in.

I use Hi-bor treated lumber here in HI for my woodenware. Given the hundreds of cutouts I have done where the hive is surrounded by Hi-bor treated lumber and plywood, I would figure it isn't harming the bees.

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Bob, Thanks for your videos! Those are some great looking boxes, I’ve always favored white color paint for bee boxes. I do have a couple of questions for you. Do you paint the top and bottom edges of the boxes? Do you build your 10 frame boxes, if so do you have a video on that? I see your handles and conners have different cuts than your Nuc boxes. Thanks for all of your help! I’m definitely looking forward to seeing and hearing you at the Bee Conference in TN.

Copper naphthenate in my honey taste great 👍 , More please !

My how the economy has changed! That primer is now $170 for 5 gallons (Dec. 4, 2023).

If you get a chance, interested in seeing or learning more about the dipping process.

Hi Bob- could find this in the comments: How long do you dip the wood in the material? Just enough to coat - or do you let it soak for a period of time?

Does it matter if the mineral spirits is low odor, odorless, or can paint thinner be used? The information that you post in your videos is greatly appreciated, and I have learned countless things from your many videos and years of experience. Thanks for all that you do!

Could you do a video of the dipping process

Thanks Bob...How do you taper the hand holes?

Do you sell these boxes in your retail store?

Those look like Mann Lake boxes. If so, do you encounter fitment issues with them? Their frames are great but I’ve found their hive bodies and supers to be hit and miss when it comes to proper fitting and alignment; mostly miss.

Hi Bob, I'm making 250 colonies and a couple hundred nucs. I'm making the lids and the bottoms in a really cheap kind of plywood. In my country, we call it OSB. My idea is to wax dip it in paraffin and after that painting with some good paint. In this video, you've said that it's not easy to do that. What kind of problem can I have? Thank you for your time and for sharing all your knowledge.

Been eye balling some sheets of pvc sheeting might try that on lids . R value is alot higher . little cheaper too .

Hello frome Greece make very good job personal i deep boxes in parafin. Also like to have my boxes paint first paint my boxes to plastic collor that use to paint the inside of house and after deep my boxes in parafin .

How do you keep the boxes from sticking together when painting like this?

I’m surprised your not on the wax dip train. The trick is to paint when hot

Why raw Lin oil over the boiled? I thought the boiled dried faster?

Do you treat your honey supers with Copper Nap?

Thanks Bob, great video. After you dip them in the copper napthenate mixture and season dry them. How or are you painting the places where each box contacts the next box. Do you paint that seam or does dipping take care of that? Happy new year

Do you have to paint it? What is the life if left with just oil and copper?

Hey! Hope this finds you doing well! I have a few questions. I’m prepping equipment for the Spring. Is it too late to dip the boxes, season and paint to use by this spring? In mixing everything together, can I mix it in a tote? Should I dip the unassembled boxes in it and lay to dry or best to build and then dip? Does it matter? Is there an amount of time I should leave them in? Thank you so much! See you at GBA conference!

I'm a neophyte as to such things, can you tell me the paint sprayer used? Always enjoy the Binnie Video Productions!

We stopped wax dipping because our Insurance wouldn't cover people of building near a vat of propane heated resin..........

Thanks for posting Bob & best wishes for a happy and productive New Year. I would think you have had a good bit of experience with wax dipping. In your experience, is it possible or even recommended to add Copper Naphthenate to melted wax? I try to do everything I can to stave off the fire ants. They are terribly destructive to the boxes.

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Bob, Two questions: 1. Why wouldn't you use an oil based topcoat versus the water based "high gloss acrylic latex enamel"? I thought oil was tougher than any water based available. You went to the trouble to use an oil based primer so why not go all the way with oil based paint. Additionally , oil based was actually cheaper by 5-10% at Home Depot however that savings is likely offset due to the added cost of Mineral Spirits for clean up. 2. It does not appear that you are painting the top and bottom edges of the boxes. Why not? The answer may be to avoid the boxes sticking together since latex binds boxes together however this is avoided if oil based paint is used since it fully cures. It just seems that painting the edges (although not suitable for your speed painting approach of lots of boxes) would be best for maximum protection since water can stand on any exposed box ledge and sit between boxes due to box misalignment or nonuniformities (no harm to bees to paint the edges as the don't contact the edges).

Good day Bob, thank you for the time and effort you donate to making videos for us. I went to the company's website that makes the Cu-Nap sold by Mannlake that you shown in the video. There is a link for the MSDS of the product provided by the company and written in the MSDS it clearly states that "wood treated with this product shall not be used for the construction of beehives" The EPA controls pesticide use, considers the MSDS to be the label and the label is the law. What are your thoughts on this Bob?

I notice that in your video you use 8% copper Naphthenate concentrate but the bottle you show as an example is 16% copper naphthenate. Is it necessary to dilute? Many Thanks

Hi Bob , I treat all my brood boxes because they are out year round in the elements, But find no need to treat honey boxes as they spend most of their life in the storage shed. Is this what you do or do you treat all boxes? Clint from NZ

What’s the shelf life on your mixture? Thoughts on EcoWood treatment? Thinking about dipping supers in the EcoWood and I know it only has a shelf life of 1 year after mixed.

Hi Bob, I have one question. Since there is no copper naphthenate in my country, is it good or bad to dip boxes in a water solution of copper II sulphate pentahydrate (bluestone)?

I see the Amazon product is only 2% metal instead of 8%. Would you just use that straight or mix with the mineral spirits/linseed oil ?

Where do you buy your boxes in bulk?

Bob, if one were to scuff the inside of the hive for propolis deposit around broodnest, would this treatment only go on outside edges, or it should be ok inside the hive box too?

Bob, I know this is an older video but would buying flaxseed oil work as good as linseed oil? I found a supplier that sells it cheaper than buying the linseed version.

@Bob Binnie what is the age of the oldest hive bodies that you have that you used this preserving method on?

Ha Bob You have a nice set up, the nuc boxes u made are beautiful u could make money selling them They are better then any thing you can buy else where. I have a question for u and U are smart u have 2500 to 3000 hives and u use queen excluders. I was thinking yesterday I have problems geting my bees to go threw them I cause them to want to swarm when I use them.. what do u do to encourage your bees to go through the excluders and not fill up the brood chamber Thanks for your wisdom have a great day and Happy new year

I am just starting off learning how to waxdipp as a wood preservative. I have also used "Shou Sugi Ban " a japaneese burn and brush method to close the fibers in the wood. As you mention, it is hard to paint. Therefor am I experimenting with plantcolouring before I waxdipp. I will continuesly seek for the best plant/muchroom to boild in colour into the wood. The I dry the wood in a room with an airdryer. Put the precis together and waxdipp. Since you've been "doing bees" for such a long time... have you ever come across something similar? Do you have any suggestions? Lot's of love from Sweden!

Hi Bob! Thanks for the great info! I have a couple questions if I may. The first is that, I believe you stated, you prefer raw linseed oil instead of boiled because the BLO has petroleum ingredients in it. However, your mixture has mineral spirits, which is petroleum based, so my question is why then does it matter if you use raw linseed oil instead of boiled? Second, your mixture quantities are for I assume 1000’s of boxes, can you say how much product is needed per box? Trying to recalculate since I would only be doing a dozen or so boxes at a time. Thanks!

How long do you dip in copper naphthenate?

What is consumption for base. Coat and finish coat. How many gallons per x amount of boxes. Same for treatment. Thanks

Hi Bob, It seems that the only thing I can find the is straight Copper Naphthenate is Tenino Copper Naphthenate 17% (2% as Metal). Being that it is 17%, what should I thin it down with, to get it to 8.5% with? Or should I just double up on the other ingredients? Thanks!

Hi Bob! Before I painted my hives with enamel paint, I gave them 2 coats of linseed oil, but only on outside parts of hive. Would it have been good to apply linseed oil on the inside too? Happy new year!!!

One more question, do you use this treatment on honey supers, or any other wooden ware besides deeps?

Hey Bob, Would you mind sharing what you are currently paying for HDO plywood right now and how many come in a skid/bundle? Thanks for the info!

Thanks, there's not much out there on using copper. I mixed 5/20/5 of copper/mineral spirits/linseed. It was in a 55 gallon drum and over the summer either evaporated or leaked out, not sure which. What do you use to store and dip in?

Hi Bob, You mention linseed oil as part of the preservative, I have been under the impression that linseed oil causes mold growth, have you found that to be true ? Thank you

The naphthenate at Amazon is 17% instead of 8%. Would you cut it to a half gallon in your formula?

Cu-Nap is not to be legally used on Bee Hives? Off label use?

How much time is needed between copper naphthanate and use? Is it too late for gear to be used this spring?

What spray gun equipment is he using?

For how many month do you season boxes

Why don't you guys use oil base paint instead of Latex? I thought oil based paint is better, is it due to cost?

Whats the trick to painting lids ? i have 300 some need paint

Do you sell nuc boxes?

Do you sell boxes ?

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