Hi,
Been following the threads about poly hives for a while and can see their advantages.
Im new to beekeeping and havent got bees yet and am seriously thinking 14x12 cedar is the route, however recently it's got me thinking poly might be the better choice for the bees.....
The problem with going this route is the common sites like MB don't do 14x12's so from what im looking at would probably be MB Langstroth. This puts a few questions in my mind. 1) What one's to go for as langstroth has so many options and is it the best choice for poly 2) I'm probably making extraction harder as borrowing a extractor from the HBKA problem will be geared for nationals.
The other issue i'll have is I was going to get a NUC again they come in national frame sizes usually (i think MB do converstion kits though).
From what i've read the poly's can last as long but as they are cheaper i can afford to have more spares lying about too so it has it's advantages.
Any comments? Got a feeling this one will be an interesting one
Thanks,
Chris