There are a couple of bee keepers here in Chautauqua County, NY that user the Premier net fences. They collapse under our snow load. I have been using both a wire strand fence and the poly rope fences. The down side of the wire fence is that if the fence is moved or reconfigured there is a waste of the fence wire or multiple splices. The poly rope can be looped back and forth at the gate and long lengths of rope preserved. The poly rope fence has proved to be robust. The other down side fo the net fences is that there are may opportunities for vegitation to ground the fence so weed maintenance is critical. Below are a copule of web sites for your reference. http://maarec.psu.edu/pdfs/bearsBees.pdf http://icwdm.org/Publications/pdf/Bears/bearsbeehivesCoSU.pdf http://www.extension.org/pages/Minnesota_DNR_Reports_Increase_in_Nuisance_Bear http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=ewdcc4 *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm
