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Re: TBH Question
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Mike Stoops <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 17 Oct 2005 06:06:42 -0700
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--- Robin Dartington <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> To simplify carpentry, why are TBH top bars not
> simply square timber,
> rotated 45 degrees to make a corner hang down,
> trimmed half thru at the ends
> to sit flat on the hive sides?


Would the bees tend to propolize the angles where the
side corners of the bars meet?  Would those spaces
provide hiding places for the SMB?  Just querries.

Mike in Alabama




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