Conrad Sigona asked:
>
>  perhaps you folks can help out by providing  descriptions of the hives=
 you use
or maybe of the kind you remember -
 
Hives I have seen in the UK are:
 
Modified National - 18 1/8" square, single walled, bottom space holding =
11
British Standard [BS 14" x 8 1/2"] frames, comb area in deeps 2,200 sq =
ins. - I
use this type.
 
Smith - 18 1/4" x 16 3/8" outside dimensions, top space, holding 11 BS =
frames in
deep giving 2,200 sq ins comb area, frame have short lugs like those in =
USA.
 
Wormit - like National but with rebated joints between crates and hollow =
end walls
 
WBC [after William Broughton Carr] - 19 7/8" square, double walled hive, =
outside
sections often painted, contains 10 BS frames giving 2,000 sq ins comb =
area
 
British Commercial - 18 1/8" outside dimensions, holding 11 16" x 10" fra=
mes
giving a comb area of 3,300 sq ins.
 
Glen - large Scottish hive like an oversized WBC, double walled, hold 15 =
BS
frames giving 3,000 sq ins comb area, no longer sold commercially.
 
I have not described Dadant or Langstroth hives which are commonplace in =
the
USA.  If you would like pictures of the British hives I suggest that you =
obtain a
Steele & Brodie 1996 catalogue, Email steele&[log in to unmask]
 
Geoff Allison
Dalbeattie, scotland