ENZO
House Bee
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- Mar 27, 2009
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- Jersey C.I.
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 16
Hi All,
I seem to have a problem with the Hoffman frames that I got in the Thornes sale (200 of them) and I am not sure if this is common or not hence the post as up until now I have always used DN1 frames/plastic spacers.
As I understand, you can use 11 hoffman frames and a dummy board in the National brood box as 12 frames is a tight fit, Well, when I assembled the frames I found that I could get 12 frames in the brood box and there was still a gap of about 11mm, enough for a dummy board, on inspection I measured the spacing and found the frames to be 34mm instead if the usual 35mm,
Can I get away with this? Or are the frames too close together?
I have little knowledge of Hoffman frames so any help would be much appreciated,
Many Thanks, Enzo
I seem to have a problem with the Hoffman frames that I got in the Thornes sale (200 of them) and I am not sure if this is common or not hence the post as up until now I have always used DN1 frames/plastic spacers.
As I understand, you can use 11 hoffman frames and a dummy board in the National brood box as 12 frames is a tight fit, Well, when I assembled the frames I found that I could get 12 frames in the brood box and there was still a gap of about 11mm, enough for a dummy board, on inspection I measured the spacing and found the frames to be 34mm instead if the usual 35mm,
Can I get away with this? Or are the frames too close together?
I have little knowledge of Hoffman frames so any help would be much appreciated,
Many Thanks, Enzo
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