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> Hi
> John, In
> reading the portion of your letter that's below did you ever try the
> metal frame spacers ?
My hives have no recessed lip for the top bars to rest in. They simply rest on the top edge of the box and are in turn covered by a piece of edged plywood to keep the elements out.
The Top bars are 1 3/8 inch exact in width and I place them side by side the length of the hive box. If I were to use the steel alignment racks, I would have to make a recessed channel
in the hive or shorten the top bars. I have thought about doing this but decided against it because when the cover is removed I would then have 15 to 30 open frams of bees looking up
at me. Granted reassembly of the hive would probably be easier, but I just keep a few hives and find the extra time to not be a problem. I do this just as a hobby and to help my fruit
trees and garden.
> How many T.B.H.'s do you have now ?
This is my first year and am keeping two hives and have an extra that I will use to raise queens in next year. I might increase the number on up around 5 but I live in town and don't
want problems with the neighbors. So far they seem to appreciate the bees, but with the rash of hornet and yellow jacket stings this year I am hesitant to be overly visable.
> It seems that with proper top bar rotation mites should be kept down quite well. Do you do that and if so is this a sound observation?
I do not understand the connection between rotating the combs and mite control?
John
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