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Lloyd Spear wrote:
"BEE-AWARE...if you are considering the equipment by a Canadian
manufacturer, NO OTHER AMERICAN EQUIPMENT WILL FIT THE BOXES!"
I think this is too broad a statement. A prominent supplier in New York
sells
a lot of "standard" sized equipment stamped "Made in Canada" and they fit
fine. The wood is a bit thicker, and chiseling is required to get frame
spacers
to fit (if you use them), but otherwise the dimensions are "pretty
standard".
However, it is well documented in BEE-L archives about one particular hive
design out of Ontario (the D.E. Hive) which abandons totally the "standard
dimensions" of US Langstroth equipment. I believe it is that equipment
to which Lloyd alludes.
Although I'm not willing to mount a campaign to insist that all
manufacturers
adhere to set dimensions within a particular standard deviation, I think
buyers
should be aware of manufacturers who toss "standard" dimensions to the wind.
Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!
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