>  REGARDING           RE>WBC Hives & so forth
>
>Joel Govostes wrote:
>>Did you ever wonder if mankind is getting weaker as time goes on?  50-lb.
>feed sacks where there used to be 100-lb. ones, etc.  By the way, A deep
>super is not nearly as bad if you have cleats to grab onto.  The grip with
>recessed-handholds-only makes maneuvering difficult when those babies are
>full; wouldn't y'all agree?<
>
>I don't know about "mankind", but I sure do know I'm not as strong as I was
>ten or fifteen years ago.  Handholds or cleats, if the supers are stacked 6 or
>7 high (6 1/4" supers, that is) on top of 3 deep chambers for the hive body,
>it is all that I can do to heave them off the way it is.  Especially if the
>supers are stuck together with burr comb way up there!  Everyone will make
>ones own decision, of course, but the deep supers are *way* too heavy for this
>beekeeper.
>
>Ted Fischer
>Dexter, Michigan USA
 
One of the few true (isms) that can be said of beekeepers:  a beekeeper
either has a bad back or will have a bad back.
 
Ed