At 09:43 PM 11/28/00 -0700, you wrote:
At one time, you could buy metal marker tags, colored and numbered. Latest
ones that I have been getting are plastic and from Europe. Norm Gary used
to provide the metal ones - might warrant an enquiry.
>Re BEE-L discussion:
>
>> 5. The receiver has to penetrate some distance, and hives have metal
>> parts, etc. so the signal bounces around.
>
>If we are using Pierco plastic frames, could we just glue some iron onto a
queen
>and use a metal detector?
>
>allen
>
>
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