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Re: Pierco and Permacomb
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Leen and Maria van den Berg <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:58:31 -0700
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> Charles is looking for 'opinions'.  I had perhaps 1,000 Pierco frames in
> hives, but am getting rid of them as quickly as I can.

I don't agree. We have Pierco in almost all of our honey supers  and we
really like them. We run around  850-900 hives for honey and super two or
three times. In our uncapping system, Cowen, they handle nicely. We throw
out may be 20 every season, compared to 80 wooden ones out of  about 700
boxes with wooden frames left after. For the brood frames, once they are
built, the queen lays from top to bottom and side to side.

Maria van den Berg, Peace River area, Alberta.

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