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Allen Dick <[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, 6 Apr 2009 08:57:30 -0700
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> I agree that there are many good reasons for using foundation, but why not
> use foundation that is based on research rather than the historical legacy
> sizes that we have available ? Why not use cell sizes that are appropriate
> to the races of bees that are being kept ?

A point that is perhaps overlooked is that we make foundation that has
identical cell sizes over the surface simply because the method of
manufacture -- rollers -- are most easily made that way, plus, the
continuous nature of the sheet (which is cut laterally to individual frame
size) mandates that as well.

 

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