ksjs
House Bee
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- Jul 24, 2011
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- Location
- North Wales
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
Having done a search on here about this I'm guessing the answer is something along the lines of whatever works best for you / your bees. I am however hoping for something a bit more definitive on the merits of each when de-capping.
I really like the apparent simplicity of de-capping Manley frames using the side bars as a guide for the knife. Is this advantage all it's cracked up to be or are Hoffman self spacing equally viable?
I'm only talking about a few hives here (National) so nothing large scale and there would be no transport so the non-movement/rocking advantage of the Manley is irrelevant.
I really like the apparent simplicity of de-capping Manley frames using the side bars as a guide for the knife. Is this advantage all it's cracked up to be or are Hoffman self spacing equally viable?
I'm only talking about a few hives here (National) so nothing large scale and there would be no transport so the non-movement/rocking advantage of the Manley is irrelevant.