> The Langstroth hive has its place, but there is room for diversity.  The
> laws requiring moveable comb,, in particular, are archaic.  With current
> levels of beekeeper education, the current tools and knowledge we have,
and
> the many diverse uses we have for bees, other configurations make a lot of
> sense.

I'll bit.  In the words of Julius Sumner Millar "Why is it so?"  I cannot
see why in our Australian situation we would want to go away from the
moveable frame hive.  We do have provision in some States for fixed fame
honey supers but these must be above queen excluders.  One State allows for
bee tubes for one off pollination jobs but these are destroyed after
pollination.

We are flat our getting some beekeepers to go below excluders to look at
brood.  They do not have a clue on diseases and often, if they migrate, are
the ones carrying diseases such as AFB and infect other unfortunate
beekeepers who happen to be next to them.

So why are moveable frame hives archaic?

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

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