On 4-Oct-09, at 9:13 PM, Glen wrote:

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Hi Glen and all

I have always stored my honey supers dry.  Many beekeepers do not  
agree.  I am a small beekeeper(5'10" but 13 colonies).  After a bout  
of AFB several years ago I have followed the advice of the New  
Zealand Manual of AFB control in that the supers go back on the hives  
from which they came, for cleaning(I do use excluders).  I pile the  
supers directly on the hive without the inner cover etc between.  The  
supers are usually dry in 1-2 days.  Extremely cold weather(bees pull  
in tight around brood) or heavy honey flow(other things on their  
mind) may change that.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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