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I switched from the traditional double-deep brood boxes to all 8-frame mediums with a top entrance.
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BushFarms.com/bees.htm
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If you look at the catalogs, it seems to take a lot of equipment to keep bees
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Even this can be simplified. . . .
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Free hive stand
* Consider flooding issues
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I switched to all 8-frame mediums:
– lighter
– all equipment interchangeable
– easier to manage
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I only need to stock:
– one size frame– one size foundation– one size box
When I buy these, I get a better price than if I were to spread my order over different sizes.
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Oops! Someone put a medium frame in a deep hive body.
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Often brood frames in deeps don't get completely drawn out and filled.
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Medium fully drawn
Brood isn't chilled by bottom entrance and SBB.Queen can lay all the way to bottom of hive.
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In 10 frame hives, the outer frames are often ignored.
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Management:
– taking a medium frame from a hive has a smaller impact (1/32 vs. 1/20)
– splits are easier– by the box– pulling frames from multiple hives to make up a
new hive
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The bees seem to like a top entrance just fine . . . .
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To deal with heat:
-- offset bottom box
Excessive heat didn't seem to be a problem; I saw little bearding, and no more than with a bottom entrance.
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Top entrances don't get blocked by snow, ice, or dead bees
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Top entrances are less prone to pests such as mice and skunks
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Feeding with quart and half-gallon mason jars
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8 frame equipment is treated as a “specialty item”--but this is changing
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My hives consist of three pieces of wooden-ware.
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