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On Thu, 3 Aug 1995, Jean-Marie Van Dyck wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jul 1995 Bill Miller <[log in to unmask]> started a
> interesting discussion about box sizes
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> Interesting answers too but for we continentals there is a lack of sizes:
> Ok I guess ...
> Jumbo=~ 31 cm deep with 12 frames?
My jumbos were 16 (or 16 1/2) inches wide by 20 inches long by 11 1/2
inches deep. They took 10 frames.
> Deep =~ 31 cm deep with 10 frames? = Dadant brood frame
> Standard =~ 24 cm deep with 10 frames? = Langstroth unique frame
> 6 5/8 = clear
Our standards are 16 (or 16 1/2 in Canada) inches by 20 inches by 9 1/2
inches deep and take ten frames or 9 if spacers are used. The same boxes
have the frames spaced to take 8 per box for honey supers.
> Shallow =~ 10 cm deep with 10 frames ? It's right ? Itsn't ?
Shallows over here are 4 1/2 inches deep with the other dimensions being
the same, as I recall. Mediums are 6 5/8 inches deep.
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> More important : the spring development is clearly slower in the 2
> boxes than in the one box brood chamber. The reason is not clear and
> some hypothesis are allowed. Seems it's difficult to the queen to go
> down (her heavy abdomen is troubling her when passing the hole between
> the 2 boxes) and not when she is going up. She remains thus in the
> upper box. The result is a beautiful half ball brood. The problem
> diminishes with the bees increasing number and the wax bridges between
> the 2 boxes.
I've cut down on how much I scrape ladder comb. If the bees build it,
they want it. We just remove enough to allow manipulation.
> This problem is not encountered in a jumbo box with enough
> super : the queen never is lacking of laying place.
That's the truth.
Allen
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper VE6CFK
Rural Route One Swalwell Alberta Canada T0M 1Y0
Email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
Futures, Art & Honey:http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~dicka
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