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Date: | Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:52:49 -0400 |
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>Dear friends,
>>From the sanitary point of wiev I feel as very important to find a way how
>to construct maximum combs without using foundations since the wax used
>in manufacturing them may be contaminated by cumulated residues from
>previous treatments against bee diseases especially varroa. I dont know if
>plastic frames would be a solution here, since they maybe can cummulate
>residues, too.
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>So I suggest to find answers on the following questions:
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>1. How to arrange a frame for free comb construction
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> to make it acceptable for both, the bees and beekeeper. This means
> the frame must have some support (vires, nylon thread or so) and bees
> should build regular combs in them, and this not only on individual
> combs inserted somewhere between other combs but also in a block
> arrangment (swarm in empty chamber ect.).
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>2. How to make the free comb construction method most effective?
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> This means to achieve maximum worker cells and so obtain combs useful
> for brood rearing as well as for storing (and extracting) honey.I would
> invite any idea related to this matter, e.g. what is the proportion
> between worker and drone cells in TBH ?
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>Best regards
>Vladimir Ptacek
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>Masaryk University phone: .42/5/41129 562
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You make me wonder if it would be possible to produce a nylon, or other
fabric, material patterned like foundation, and used in its place in the
frames?>
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