>> Is a queen excluder available for the 18 by 18 size overseas as I
>> believe long ago Chris said the size was in use in the U.K. but not
>> in medium depth we use in the U.S..  I believe from memory.

When I built and ran a bit over 100 colonies in Farrar equipment, about 30
years ago, I used five mesh hardware cloth for excluders.  Works fine.

For those who are interested, to build that equipment, I hauled the pine
logs from 400 miles away, had them custom milled to 6-5/8" planks, built
jigs for the boxes and a gang saw for the frame parts, then hand built all
the equipment.  It was beautiful and worked OK.  When I decided to expand
and go commercial, I sold it all, and settled on standard boxes and single
queen management.

allen
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