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« on: February 28, 2009, 09:06:28 PM » |
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BjornBee
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« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2009, 09:42:55 PM » |
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I have seen these a few times. I was always told they were queen excluders. The wooden slats were made to go over the frames, and thus keep burr comb down. If you count the slats there are ten.
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Jim 134
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2009, 10:03:55 PM » |
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I use am in the bad old day's in 70-80's it a queen excluder BEE HAPPY Jim 134  |
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Brian D. Bray
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2009, 10:13:28 PM » |
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Back when I started in beekeeping (1959) that was the excepted style of queen excluder in common use. Hard to find these days, wish they had it 13 3/4. I still prefer thay style of excluder when then can be found. |
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2009, 04:55:59 PM » |
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It looks like a manufacturer would make one totally out of wood.
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2009, 05:07:43 PM » |
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I had several of those back in 1979. I liked them and they were very sturdy.
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2009, 08:35:22 AM » |
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So it seems like you guys who have used them, liked them. So what was their advantages that made them so great?
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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2009, 08:42:02 AM » |
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I liked them because they were easy to remove...less burr comb (I think).
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My favorite comedy program used to be Glenn Beck--The only thing is that after I heard the same joke over and over again it became BOOOORING.....
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2009, 10:51:26 PM » |
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They held up better (harder to bend or break), easier to clean (propolis and burr comb), and had enough strength to be used for holding uncapped frames prior to extracting, plus they were wood, the bees seemed to accept them better. Get away from the natural stuff and the bees seemed to do less with more.
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