Nick Wallingford;
   I have a commercially built power comb filler. What particularly did you
want to know about it?
   We used ours for a few seasons to set up hives for packages or nucs when
we did not have extra brood combs with food stores to use. It worked really
well for that particular use. Since then we have had enough combs for what
nucs we were starting so it sits in the back corner until we need it again.
It was not overly expensive so we keep it just in case.
   I would not recommend it for regular feeding of hives with bees. Although
it has wheels and is reasonably portable, it is some what cumbersome to use
in the field. It works very well if you can bring the combs to it for filling.
   The unit consists of a reservoir, a pump, a small gasoline engine, and
two spray bars.
   You slowly lower the combs between the spray bars and it fills them very
nicely with syrup. We used a small tub to set the frames over for a couple
of minutes to allow the excess syrup to drip off and then drop them in the
supers.
   If you want any other information just holler.
 
   Now I have a question? Are there any commercial beekeepers that are using
their computers for recording their feild work, and keeping yard records. If
so I would be interested in any information you would care to share in this
area.
   I stumbled on to a cheap lap top and am trying to set up to use it for
keeping track of things. Any experience with this sort of thing would be
greatly appreciated.
 
                                                 Leon Christensen,
                                              Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.
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