Hi Tim & all

> For now though I'm considering a good branding iron, and possibly
> even branding the top bars, bottom boards, tops, etc.

I this not routine in USA?

I brand almost every wooden component, including frame side bars, topbars
and if the frame has a single solid bottom bar that gets a brand as well.

But I do keep records of any equipment that I sell to others, also if I buy
kit that already has someone's brand on it I put my own brand alongside the
original so that both show.

I have also considered identifying hive bodies by implanting a harmonic
radar reflector within the wood  10 GHz transmit and 20 GHz receive, with a
transmitter in the 500mW region and a horn antenna this would scan a
considerable distance within line of sight from the roof of a land rover or
similar.

Best Regards & 73s, Dave Cushman... G8MZY
Beekeeping & Bee Breeding Website
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http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman & http://www.dave-cushman.net

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