On 3-Aug-17, at 11:53 AM, Jerry Bromenshenk wrote:

> and then hoisting beehives - only an idiot would use jumbos
>

Hi Jerry & All

I agree!  Also, as I am a proponent of single deep brood chambers, I  
cannot understand why anyone would need twelve 11 7/8" frames when ten  
9 1/8 frames in a standard  lang hive have 3000 cells per side for a  
total of 60,000 cells when a queen laying 2000 eggs a day can only lay  
up 42,000, at that continuous laying rate, before the first one  
emerges in 21 days .  11 7/8" frames would have 3900 cells per side  
(using my  $2 calculator) almost 94,000 for twelve of those big  
frames.  No wonder those big boxes are so heavy as most of the frames  
would be full of capped honey.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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