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    Opinions Needed - Warre top Bar design

    Tony bloke - spot on my friend. My reason for asking about the propolis is that here in the states the gvt inspectors need to be able to remove the frames. The design pictured has the legs of the frames 1 cm away from the walls to make them "removeable"(yes, that's right, a Yank is using the...
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    Opinions Needed - Warre top Bar design

    Ratcatcher - great video, and yes, yours is a very similar design. Do the side bars of your frames sit against the walls of your hive? If so, do the bees propolize them to the hive body over time? Thank you for posting. Ck
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    Opinions Needed - Warre top Bar design

    Thank You Skyhook. Interesting suggestion, however I'm not too concerned with the bees attaching to the frames below. My primary concern is to get the girls to prevent cross comb building that incorporates multiple top bars and prevents removal of any single bar. Is it possible to direct the...
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    Opinions Needed - Warre top Bar design

    Despite being relatively new to this site, it is clear that there are no shortages of opinions. With that in mind (and a bit of trepidation) I ask the following: I am trying to redesign the top bar for the Warre Hive. Here in the States it is necessary to have removeable/inspectable frames. The...
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    Greeting from Pennsylvania USA - Warre keeper

    This site really interested me because it appears to have originated in The UK. The Warre hives are a relatively new to the states when compared to European use. Of course if I'm going to be credible here I'm going to need to learn how to say things like "What's all this then" and "Bob's your...
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    Warre questions

    Oliver, thank you. I actually had that very same thought. Quilt box insulation was fresh and fluffy in September.
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    Warre questions

    Thanks for the replies. In reviewing my initial post I did not state my concern clearly. It is the moisture/condensation that concerns me not the heat. Clearly the bees want and need the heat. The quilt box, as I understand it, is meant to help absorb some of the moisture the colony produces (in...
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    Warre questions

    I have had Warre hives in place for the past 3 years. I was concerned about the bees propolizing the cloth of the quilt box so I made a screen to keep them away from the cloth. Now they propolize the screen (as I expected they would), does the presence of propolis on the screen (or the cloth for...
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    Greeting from Pennsylvania USA - Warre keeper

    Hello everyone. Really enjoy the discussions, especially on the Warre experiences. We started raising our bees in 2009, lost a few colonies, gained a few (swarm captures), started with 2 now we're up to 7. I have questions for some of the more experienced Warre users, I'll place them on the...
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