Rim, Feeding Rim or Spacer (089)

Honey Bee Obscura Podcast · Sep 1, 2022 · 20m

So, what's that thing you put between two supers to give additional space between top bars below and bottom bars above so there's room for…something you want to add to the hive. Is it a spacer, a rim, or what?

Kim has always called it a 'rim' and thought he had one until this week. Because it's getting time to think about winter feeding, and he always used a rim to make room for the pollen patties he feeds, couldn't find it. He looked in a few catalogs, but could not find them listed.

Jim simply calls it a 'feeding rim', not just a 'rim' and you can find those, he says. In fact, they are…