ugcheleuce
Field Bee
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- Location
- Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 7-10
I've read about the Buckfast 12 frame Dadant but can't find actual specs. Brother Adam refers to it several times but does not cover interior measurements.
I suspect it may be this one, published in Dutch in a beekeeping handbook from 1948:
http://www.imkerpedia.nl/wiki/index.php/Tekeningen_van_de_Buckfastkast
The "Buckfast" hive, according to Schotman 1948
Frames:
Topbar length: 483 mm
Frame width: 450
Lug length: 16.5 mm
Brood frame: 285 mm tall
Honey frame: 145 mm tall
Boxes:
Outside width: 505 mm
Outside length: 505 mm
Wall thickness: 20 mm
Inside width: 465 mm
Inside length: 465 mm
Brood box height: 295 mm
Honey box height: 155 mm
Lug rests cut into walls:
10 mm wide, 20 mm deep
AFAICT, frames rested on metal rails or castellated spacers so that the top of the frame was flush with the top of the box (i.e. bottom beespace). The description states that the honey boxes contained 10 frames only, but that would mean frame spacing of 45 mm (not the usual 35 or 38 mm), which I suppose is okay for honey.
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