Subject: Re: Open Mesh Floors/Large Entrances
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:18:29 -0000
From: "Dave Cushman" <dave.cushman@lineone.net>
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@egroups.com>

Hi John

----- Original Message -----
From: Lucinda Sewell <lucindajohn@sewellhome.freeserve.co.uk>

> I'm afraid I don't recall the source, but covering the mesh of an OMF is
> highly recomended in Spring, for exactly the reasons Dee cited

The conversation that John remembers was about a colony that was getting
it's OMF in winter, owing to maintenance. If the OMF is given in summer
there is no need to cover the mesh at all.

Regards Dave