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>We purchased some 8 frame brood chambers. 9 frames will just exactly fit
in this brood chamber.
>Why?? Spacing is different to the space in 10 frame equipment.
If I recall correctly the interior dimension if the Better Bee 8 frame
hive and the Brushy Mountain 8 frame hive are the "standard" dimension as
noted in the Hive and the Honey Bee. The Mann Lake 8 frame box is 1/4"
larger. Never had the opportunity to check others. (I should check
recheck the Hive and Honey Bee, sometimes memory fades)
I think that even with the BB or BM 8 frame box you can insert 9 NEW clean
frames. You would never get 9 old frames into the BB/BM boxes unless they
were very clean of propolis.
We use mostly BM 8 frame equipment and excessive burr comb has NEVER been a
problem. Usually no burr comb between the outside frame and the box.
Why the difference between the space between the frames and the wall of the
box is a question I never could find an answer to. I did ask someone at
Mann Lake about this and they replied that there was no standard for 8
frame equipment. I think that the OD of the Mann Lake box is an even 14"
not the 13-3/4" of the BM.
A similar conundrum: In the 1901 WT Falconer beekeeping equipment catalog,
both 8 frame and 10 frame equipment was available. Why did the 10 frame
become the standard? Maybe because we have 10 fingers? We use the decimal
system not octal?
Dennis
Western New York, USA
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