Hei, I must apologise to all BEE-L'ers and the gentleman himself ! The developer of the Norwegian ventilated hive base is BARAAS not <Barras>. The double A is (in ordinary text but not in place names and surnames) now replaced with a single A with a little ring over. This is pronounced as a sort of <aw> sound, like the <or> in cork but with the <r> de-emphasised. Happy Christmas to all! Cheers, Tony --------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony N. Morgan (Tony) Fax: +47 73 89 62 86 "Stavshagen" E-mail: [log in to unmask] Midtsandan Sor-Trondelag College 7563 MALVIK Elec. Eng. Department Norway 7005 TRONDHEIM, Norway ----------------------------------------------------------------