Robin wrote: "Yes, I know, because many tutors routinely trot out old 

stuff and rarely

re-think old ideas to suit  more modern circumstances.  The weight of 

Langstroth

boxes was reasonable when everyone was physical, riding horses not 

driving cars,

humping coal scuttles not signing cheques. Today, the weights are a 

danger to

health - avoided by commercial beekeepers of course who use machinery."





In the glossary of terms at the end of the Anglo/American book "Getting 

the Best from Your Bees" it is written: " Langstroth: a Reverend 

gentleman of that name devised and made popular the forerunner of the 

moveable frame hive which essentially consists of a set of stacking 

boxes. Thus he has inadvertently been responsible for innumerable cases 

of 'beekeeper's back'  over the last 150 years or so."



Chris

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