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John Warshaw inquired:
>Has anyone tried a sheet of high-pressure plastic laminate as a varroa
>floor? (Common brands in the US are Formica and Wilsonart. It is used
>over a substrate for kitchen and bath countertops.) This stuff is about a
>tenth to a sixteenth of an inch thick, and could be slipped in from the
>front without modifying the bottom board. Fancier rigs, with drawers
>opening to the rear or screen covers, could be made easily. The sheets
>could be sprayed with cooking oil to make them sticky, and could be reused
>just about forever.
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>I haven't tried this, but it seems like plastic laminate would be cheap,
>easy to use by inexperienced people, and require no modification to the hive
>unless additional features were desired. Any thoughts?
Yes. Material in the Formica brand, when not laminated to something, is
actually very brittle; one can snap a piece off a corner with ease. I
don't see how it would hold up well in the field.
Adrian
Adrian M. Wenner (805) 963-8508 (home phone)
967 Garcia Road (805) 893-8062 (UCSB FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
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