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Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:43:03 -0400
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>  Can anyone
> help to draw up a list of other hives available to beekeepers
> which can
> be claimed to keep lifting within UK Health & Safety
> guidelines?

Having never seen the UK guidelines, I can't say.  But, FWIW, there are some
suppliers who offer (or are bringing back) 8-frame equipment.  Some are
offered as "garden hives" with rooves similar to British hives, copper
covered, very cutsie.  Frames are US standard Langstroth sizes (both mediums
and deeps) but the boxes only hold 8 vs. 10 frames, hence the boxes are more
narrow and lighter to lift.  Bees kept in such hives are prone to forage on
pansies ;-)

Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!

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