On 4 Nov 97 at 12:24, Aaron Morris wrote:
Regarding the frame spacers, I
> have since learned that the plastic spacers are not an idea from Bee
> Works, rather it is a design borrowed from English hives. I readily
> admit my lack of exposure to hive designs other than the Langstroth
> hive and I cannot today quote the differences in English hives (the
> WBC? and others - hey, I'm an ignorant yank!), but when I showed
> deHive! to a more knowledgeable beekeeper he quickly commented, "Oh,
> it's like the English hives." I was somewhat embarrassed by my
> ignorance but glad for a new lesson. Regardless of whose innovation
> the frame spacers are, they DO work, they space the frames and are
> not accessible to the bees and remain propolis free, not glued
> together and easily workable after two years.
I would like to thank all who have come to my defence in one form or
another, you are too numerous to write to individually.
Aaron, as always was very eloquent. ;-))
I would like to comment. Lots of people are getting hung up on the
separators or comments like, 'it's just a British National' that's
like looking at a Honda Civic and complaining 'it's just like a Ford,
a wheel at each corner, doors and goes brmmm'. So? There are
similarities, it's a box, it has frames and foundation, but if you
knew the B N like I do, you'll note that's about the limit of
similarity. The most important point, it works and there is nothing
like it in North America.
Now can we get back to bees, as there must be some getting cheesed
with this thread?
I have a question.
For years I have discarded all hive scrapings as being too fussy
to try and deal with. My Langs produced a load of stuff this year.
Does anyone has a simple method of separating the propolis from the
wax?
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