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Anyone care to guess how this might have happened?
There's the roof (and crownboard still inside) in front of the lower brood box and floor, then most of the frames from the upper box, then the box itself, five to six feet from its original location. I don't want to immediately claim vandalism, but I'm struggling to see how this happens without a fair bit of force being involved or the top box being deliberately removed and the frames emptied out.
It has happened in the last two weeks. Couldn't inspect last weekend because the weather was poor and work left no time during the week, but at no time has it been windy enough to do this. Fortunately it was just a set of spare bits that I'd left there in case I needed them, so no harm done other than one frame where the foundation was torn out. (Possibly my last ever set of frames with full sheets of foundation.)
James
There's the roof (and crownboard still inside) in front of the lower brood box and floor, then most of the frames from the upper box, then the box itself, five to six feet from its original location. I don't want to immediately claim vandalism, but I'm struggling to see how this happens without a fair bit of force being involved or the top box being deliberately removed and the frames emptied out.
It has happened in the last two weeks. Couldn't inspect last weekend because the weather was poor and work left no time during the week, but at no time has it been windy enough to do this. Fortunately it was just a set of spare bits that I'd left there in case I needed them, so no harm done other than one frame where the foundation was torn out. (Possibly my last ever set of frames with full sheets of foundation.)
James