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Re: formic boards and barn roofs
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Doug Huffman <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:31:45 -0400
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About snow, bee hives and barn roofs; fresh snow (not compacted) weighs 1/10 or 1/12 as much as an equivalent depth of water.  Water weighs ~60# per cubic foot.  Snow weighs about 5 or 6# per cubic foot.  So call it 10# per square foot that's two feet deep (as observed).  Snow weight is distributed over the roof surface.

Hives are heavier, denser, and concentrated load.  Bee careful.

My first post to this Bee-L listserv.

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