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- From: Randall Austin <ra41717 AT gmail.com>
- To: Sandy Pruitt <spruitt56 AT gmail.com>
- Cc: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [ocba] using hives of all medium size boxes
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:37:55 -0400
Sandy,
3 medium supers are roughly equivalent to 2 deeps. My opinion is that only using 2 mediums for the brood chamber is too stingy, potentially limiting the nest size and overwintering storage capacity. But using 3 mediums is becoming very popular. The downside is that 3, rather than 2, boxes must be manipulated, but the up-side includes less weight to move around and interchangeability of all ALL of your frames & boxes. There has been a lot of discussion about this very topic on BEE-L recently. Look under "Converting Deep Boxes to Mediums" in their archives at http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A1=ind1207&L=BEE-L Randall Austin On 7/15/2012 12:41 PM, Sandy Pruitt wrote: CAMLK-LejNed+DJweOKfdyj0zmtc6KwNVrb_JZ6+nwtKW3A0TQQ AT mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> |
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[ocba] using hives of all medium size boxes,
Sandy Pruitt, 07/15/2012
- Re: [ocba] using hives of all medium size boxes, Leslie DiLorenzo, 07/15/2012
- Re: [ocba] using hives of all medium size boxes, Randall Austin, 07/15/2012
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