The comment of Mr Kilty in Britain confuses me, how does the hive roll back?   I reckon that he is responding to previous comments about supers being stored whilst still moist with honey while others have reported that they are storing supers after they are bee-cleaned. Kilty suggests a 3rd method.   However, I was unaware of wheeled hives being used in Britain.  Further.what has the illumination of the shed have to do with the storage process? Could he be more explicit?  Why does Mr. Kilty store entire hives rather than just the used supers?

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Kilty<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
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  Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Storing supers


  In message <000801c5f68f$a1e765a0$58772a50@office<mailto:000801c5f68f$a1e765a0$58772a50@office>>, Peter Edwards
  <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> writes
  >I know of no-one who works that way in the UK
  Some of the continental (European) hives in sheds are managed so that
  each hive rolls back (like opening a drawer) inside the dark shed and
  any rear frames full of honey are removed and replaced with foundation
  or drawn comb.
  --
  James Kilty

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