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Tom Elliott <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:05:34 -0800
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Harry Goudie wrote:

> Have you thought about using a Top Bar Hive rather than the conventional
> style?  . . . The only lifting you will have to do is one frame at a time.

For a hobbiest with only a few hives it is quit convenient to use
standard deeps moving only one frame at a time.  At harvest time, for
example you begin with an empty box on a hand truck (or what ever you
may choose to use) and fill it one frame at a time.  When the super you
are harvesting is empty, it becomes the next empty to be filled.  It
won't work with very many hives since it is time consuming, bit it is
easy to lift.

Tom

--
"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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