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Re: SCREEN BOTTOM BOARDS IN WINTER
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Chuck Norton <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:42:25 -0500
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FWIW, I have found the Beltsville Insert to be better than a full screened
bottomboard during cold and windy winter months. I keep hives on parallel
4X4X8's and 12's over half sized solid concrete blocks.  I lost several
full five frame splits with a sixth frame of pollen and a seventh of honey
in hives with screened bottom boards due to the cold windy weather of last
March and April. Hives in the same configuration with solid bottomboards
and Beltsville inserts were not lost; lesson learned!



Chuck Norton
Norton's Nut & Honey Farm
Reidsville, NC

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