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Re: 60# honey tins
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Gene Ash <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 13 Jun 2020 05:13:46 -0500
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a Jerry Shue question followed by > my comment.. 
Can any of you senior beekeepers out there recollect an approximate date when 60# tins stopped being used.

>I think Peter's comment is about the right time frame.  For some reason I associate the 'tins' with the commodity food program which I seem to recall terminated in the early 1980's. 

Gene in Central Texas...

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