From: "John and Angie Partin" <a&[log in to unmask]> To: "Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology" <BEE- [log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Re: Screen Bottom Boards Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:29:45 -0400 As a commercial beekeeper, all of my hives are on pallets and are moved by a Bobcat at least 4 times per year. Bobcat forks as well as the small hive beetle would be the biggest downfalls to screen bottoms. However, if the screen was an inch or so above the plywood floor of the pallet, it just might be very beneficial with no drawbacks. The only concern I have is the mites crawling back through the screen if some kind of sticky paper isn't used in conjunction which sounds like a lot of work until compared to rebuilding numbers and lost profit to those darn fleas! It would be far too much work to modify all of my pallets, but I intend to try it on the next ones I build. I'll report back when they have been tested.