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Just been looking at an OMF on eBay, which was claiming:
Please Note this floor allows for an extra 35mm “Bee Space” in addition to the normal British National Hive, bottom bee space below the brood chamber. We have been using this “high Floor” in Sweden for many years and it is also used in Germany and not only in biodynamic or ecological beekeeping. It’s helpful for working with the large brood box. If the colony is strong the bee cluster is able to hang down above the floor. This can in turn help to prevent swarming. In Germany the high floor also has a back door through which the bee keeper can take a look at the colony from below. With my varroa floor you can do this by kneeling down and looking up inside from the front. In early summer this can be helpful for judging the right time to put on the honey supers “ if the cluster is hanging down, it means that the weather is fine and lots of flowers can be expected.
Another point concerns the litter falling down from the cluster “ a high floor gives a greater distance between dropped litter and cluster and makes it easier to monitor and observe how well the bees clean this floor. If the floor is mostly dirty, your bees are bad cleaners “ this could be a reason for selection
Good idea or marketing guff?
Please Note this floor allows for an extra 35mm “Bee Space” in addition to the normal British National Hive, bottom bee space below the brood chamber. We have been using this “high Floor” in Sweden for many years and it is also used in Germany and not only in biodynamic or ecological beekeeping. It’s helpful for working with the large brood box. If the colony is strong the bee cluster is able to hang down above the floor. This can in turn help to prevent swarming. In Germany the high floor also has a back door through which the bee keeper can take a look at the colony from below. With my varroa floor you can do this by kneeling down and looking up inside from the front. In early summer this can be helpful for judging the right time to put on the honey supers “ if the cluster is hanging down, it means that the weather is fine and lots of flowers can be expected.
Another point concerns the litter falling down from the cluster “ a high floor gives a greater distance between dropped litter and cluster and makes it easier to monitor and observe how well the bees clean this floor. If the floor is mostly dirty, your bees are bad cleaners “ this could be a reason for selection
Good idea or marketing guff?