Graham40
New Bee
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2013
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- Location
- Aberdeen
- Hive Type
- Other
- Number of Hives
- 30+
Id just add more 14x12 to the mix it depends on the bee, some can fill the 14x12 some cant, I have a mix of 14x12 and standard. The 14x12 has the advantage of the depth which allows more bees to cluster on one frame. So what do your bees say ... are they large clusters or smaller blackbee clusters?
PS never had Isolation starvation yet on a 14x12 not so on Langstroth frame they have to move along the frame to get to more food where as the food tends to be at the top of a 14x12 and hence easier to get to??
Dissadvantage you cant use a 14x12 as a supper, I use the ordinary size as a supper. The Standard brood size frame is flirting with disaster when being extracted had a few blown to bits with heather or OSR. I wouldnt consider extracting a 14x12 even if i could.
I like the 14x12 because i can hold it comfortably by the frame ends where the commercial and langstroth lugs are just to small for my liking.( I have both those types as well all using standard size national supper frames)
PS never had Isolation starvation yet on a 14x12 not so on Langstroth frame they have to move along the frame to get to more food where as the food tends to be at the top of a 14x12 and hence easier to get to??
Dissadvantage you cant use a 14x12 as a supper, I use the ordinary size as a supper. The Standard brood size frame is flirting with disaster when being extracted had a few blown to bits with heather or OSR. I wouldnt consider extracting a 14x12 even if i could.
I like the 14x12 because i can hold it comfortably by the frame ends where the commercial and langstroth lugs are just to small for my liking.( I have both those types as well all using standard size national supper frames)
