CHCHPaul 473 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 11 hours ago, Bens bees said: Hey james tried to PM you but my account wont let me would be happy for you to trial one what's the address if I was to send one down will look into how to package it to ship @jamesc Hey Ben, just click on our profiles and you will see our phone numbers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,928 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 23 hours ago, Bens bees said: Hey james tried to PM you but my account wont let me would be happy for you to trial one what's the address if I was to send one down will look into how to package it to ship @jamesc @Bens bees you can txt me on 0224130602 Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,233 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Be careful @Bens bees he'll probably fill it with Speights and wonder about Christmas time why it didn't work. Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,928 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Dry July @yesbut ..... ew days left to go .... Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,928 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Hi. @Bens bees ..... if you got it down here early next week ..... I could show and tell your handiwork at NZ bees open day at Orari .... your call. Link to post Share on other sites
Maru Hoani 650 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 10:01 PM, Alastair said: Ben this somewhat similar device is selling for $2,700 Canadian VMeliminator WWW.VMELIMINATOR.COM Here's one even more similar to yours but I couldn't price it, but as memory serves it is over US 2k So Looks mean, I would definitely give it a go, Iv been using the provap 220 for 3 seasons now but it is a bit slow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maru Hoani 650 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 6/28/2020 at 10:11 PM, olbe said: If you have mesh floors and a vaporiser that pushes out a decent amount of vapor like the one shown you extend the nozzle and fit an elbow then just vaporise from below the mesh floor quick and effective , don't see a need to block anything. Not good for those plastic floors though. Most commercials are turning to the pastic smart floors, ive put almost 300 out in the field, might have to make the end bit rounder so it can fit into a drilled hole in the front similar to the provap then plug it up with a cork once done. Link to post Share on other sites
Maru Hoani 650 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 6/27/2020 at 7:42 PM, Bens bees said: Ok so i dont post here much but i have done lots of reading over the years . during this covid break i had no work for a long period of time so had some time up my sleeve. over the last few years ive developed a vaporiser for treating my bees here in new zealand i got sick of using a wand as it took to long so developed a quick blow in system out of junk in my garage and a couple of parts from china. i re built it a few times during covid. Then i decided to make 10 stainless steel units to sell to help make ends meet due to not having a job. so here they are im hoping to sell them to people in the auckland end of nz so i can get feedback and discuss the operation of them. If they work well i am thinking of setting up making them more often but need to see feedback first. im looking at selling them for 800 each as they where quite a bit of work to make but they are fast treating the bees. and oxalic acid is cheap so i feel there worth it. I had a friend who was using one of my older versions on his commercial operation (who wants to remain anonymous) and found that during the warmer months he would just use it to treat each apiary just after he worked it as a extra boost in conjunction with his strips and then he would do a full 3 hit treatment during mid winter and found that it helped keep the varroa down. I only have 10 hives and i have never used strips in any of my hives, not for any major reason i just started with the vaporiser and haven't felt the strips where necessary. here are picture's of the unit and a video showing its operation Accidentally i did leave out of the video the cleaning process. All i do to clean it is to poor water down into the chamber which melts any bits stuck inside and then poor it back out again. This also has the benefit of cooling down the device before putting it in the truck to go to the next spot. How many hives can it do on one gas bottle? Also have you looked at a refill piece to full those little bottles up off a big bottle to save having to buy heaps especially if doing hunderds or thousands of hives? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alastair 8,630 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 On AliExpress you can buy a fitting to refill those bottles from a big one. Not sure how legal it is. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Phil46 609 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 did you get a vapouriser to test @jamesc? Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,928 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 No ..... the lines of communication went dead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alastair 8,630 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Ben are you still selling these? Link to post Share on other sites
Kiwi Bee 589 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 @Alastair the big vaporizer in the video you shared is available at Ecrotek. The price now is just under 5k + gst(it used to be higher, like 7k). We better stick to our sewing machines. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alastair 8,630 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Thanks Kiwi, the Ecrotek one doesn't look like Bens one though. Typical American ones are going for that price, which is really pretty outrageous. But Bens one was a lot cheaper, hence my interest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bens bees 5 Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 hey i work in the film industry in the stunt department which requires long hours so this is the first time ive looked at this thread since (sorry about that) jamesc will give you a call Link to post Share on other sites
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