In message <002c01c612b9$119eb020$878ff8d4@ajohnston>, Andrew Johnston 
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>Currently most beekeepers  in the UK use Epoxy Resin Coated mesh, 
>developed in Germany I believe in order to resist the corrosive effects 
>of Formic acid?

If you buy from Thornes that is likely what you will have, but actually 
I have seen much more stainless steel mesh in use.

OK its quite expensive, but the resin coated is not really much cheaper.

I know of at least 1000 colonies in this part of the country (E. 
Scotland) with stainless mesh on the floors, and no one I know uses the 
resin coated from choice, just what you get if you buy ready made or pre 
cut from one particular source.

The stainless is available by the roll from United Wire, and I know 
several people who just buy a whole roll and use it over a period. We 
can put mesh on the floors of about 300 hives with one large roll, and 
the amount to do one floor costs about GBP 1.50......... USD 2.60 or so.

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Murray McGregor

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