On 11 Jan 99, at 11:11, Ted Fischer wrote:
 
> I looked at the web site:
> http://www.apiculture.com/plateau-anti-varroas/
>
> I really cannot see the value in glass tubes forming the floor as
> opposed to Thomas Cornick's suggestion of using a wire mesh floor.  I
> would expect that during the course of a year, semi sticky debris would
> fall and stick to the tubes, eventually clogging up the narrow space
> between them  and rendering them useless for getting rid of mites.  I
 
Thanks to everybody who sent the URL
http://www.apiculture.com/plateau-anti-varroas/
not really what I needed, which is why I posted the questions.
        I think the tubes could be plastic, but I failed to see the need for
them, (mind you my French is none existant) which makes
understanding the pages difficult. More comments, please.
 
 
 
 
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