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Date: | Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:08:01 -0400 |
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This is very similar to the configuration of the Golz hive described by
Ahlert. I can seen bees being less inclined to move towards the back of a
long hive in the cold of the winter but I can see them being more willing to
move sideways.
Waldemar
>>But to a beekeeper with some experience, a long hive can be fun. For ins=
tance, this past spring, in Kansas, I saw a beekeeper running a two-queen=
long hive for comb honey production. He had designed two 10-frame units=
that sat side by side, with a queen excluder in place of a wall. Above,=
with access from each 10-frame unit, were regular Ross Round supers. To=
prevent the queens from going up to the supers and then down the "other =
side", he also had a queen excluder under the Ross Round supers. He clai=
med tremendous production, but it was too early in the season (first week=
of June) for me to see the results. This sounds as if it would work. E=
ach queen had 10 frames for brood, which is more than enough, and the wor=
kers could follow their natural tendency to move up with stores.
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