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Date: | Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:11:01 +0200 |
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In Slovenia (home to Jan Strgar + Carolinian Bee) the traditional AŽ
hive has a fixed brood and honey chamber (both slightly larger than a
Langstroth deep, separated with an excluder). Because of this, swarming
is very much a problem. What Strgar is saying here, I think, is some
good marketing (he was a big promoter of exporting Carniolian queens
around the world), but also true compared to the AŽ -- when you can have
infinite brood chamber, swarming is no longer a big problem.
What I have found interesting and frustrating is that the Carniolian in
Slovenia (different from the 'Carniolian' in the US) has trouble filling
2 Langstroth brood chambers, but 1 is two small. It seems the size of
the AŽ comb was an attempt to find that sweet spot in between... or
perhaps the bees have adapted to it after all these years
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