REGARDING           RE>WBC Hives & so forth
 
Joel Govostes wrote:
>Did you ever wonder if mankind is getting weaker as time goes on?  50-lb.
feed sacks where there used to be 100-lb. ones, etc.  By the way, A deep
super is not nearly as bad if you have cleats to grab onto.  The grip with
recessed-handholds-only makes maneuvering difficult when those babies are
full; wouldn't y'all agree?<
 
I don't know about "mankind", but I sure do know I'm not as strong as I was
ten or fifteen years ago.  Handholds or cleats, if the supers are stacked 6 or
7 high (6 1/4" supers, that is) on top of 3 deep chambers for the hive body,
it is all that I can do to heave them off the way it is.  Especially if the
supers are stuck together with burr comb way up there!  Everyone will make
ones own decision, of course, but the deep supers are *way* too heavy for this
beekeeper.
 
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA