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Date: | Fri, 28 Jul 1995 17:20:16 -0500 |
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> > To start our next discussion, I have the following survey question:
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> > How many of you:
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> > a) use one size of box (e.g.; deeps or mediums) for both brood boxes and
> > supers.
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> > b) use one size box (deeps) for brood boxes and a smaller size (mediums
> > and/or shallows) for supers?
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> > Personally, I use all mediums, with three mediums making up the brood area.
> > The result is all boxes are completely interchangeable, and are of
> > manageable weight. I also always have some drawn comb of the right size.
> > The downside is that where the deep users have 20 brood area frames, I have
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Hey,
I mix deep and medium supers. Deep for brood boxes and medium for
the honey supers. Several years ago, as a new hobby beekeeper, I
contemplated buying all medium (Illinois) boxes for both the brood
nest and honey production.
Here's what ended my decision: medium supers are too small to allow
their use as 'shells' around feeding buckets inverted over the inner
cover. I bought both, but still really like the idea of one size box,
given its simplicity and interchangibility.
Of course, I keep half a dozen hives in my back yard. Bad back and
all.
Dave Johnson
Suffolk, VA USA
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