Newbie Dadant questions

[drstitson]

dadant frames

the french seem to provide frames pre-drilled for horizontal wiring. when i showed my italian neighbour he suggested re-drilling for vertical wiring as it allows the foundation to "hang" horizontal better without "waves".

as well as castellated spacers the french also seem to like lower frame support/spacing wires. doesn't that make safe lifting of frames even more difficult that just using top castellations like everyone does here in italy?

 

[MJBee]

A newbee friend of mine started with two Dadant colonies - in at the deep end - the first thing we did was change the castelated spacers for plain rails and removed the bottom spacing staples

Frames available locally are drilled vertically or horizontally buyers choice. Hofman frame converters from Tho***s solved the spacing.

 

[Midland Beek]

There was me thinking that the Dadant frames we use in the UK are the same as the Dadant frames used in France/Italy. Dadant frames in the UK have a 19" (exactly) top bar.

 

[rbaz]

The frames aren't wired but are drilled for vertical wires. I haven't seen the metal inserts. I have already wired them without but they dont look like they will be a problem or do they get worse in time.
I have put the lower guides in as the ones in the shop had them, I basically just copied it