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On 24-Nov-17, at 7:59 PM, Geoff Manning wrote:
> Randy Oliver said
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>> Only then could you correctly assert that there is no
>> research supporting bottom supering above single-broodnest hives
>> (as is
>> practiced in most of Australia
>
> I would suggest we mainly use under supering for convenience when
> taking off
> honey. There is an assumption, not supported by any work that I
> have seen,
> that it also helps keep the brood nest open.
Hi Pete, Randy, Geoff & All
I assume that Szabo used doubles in this work, but I don't see why it
shouldn't apply to singles also. A disadvantage of top supering is
tracking on the combs below.
DF] Effects of Top-Versus Bottom-Supering on Honey ... - Buzz About Bees
https://www.buzzaboutbees.net/support.../effectstopvsbottom-1.pdf
Working in Alberta, Canada, Szabo and Spons (1994) failed to detect
differences in honey yield between colonies that were top- versus
bottom-supered, They ...
Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
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