Howdy All --
Recently I bought about 20 colonies whose
owner had endured a long illness before death. Of course the bees were long neglected.
In going through and removing deep frames
in order to cut down to medium I ran on to
an ancient frame with PERFECT comb. It is made of aluminum with cells a half inc deep.
They were completely drawn to normal depth.
I saw a few of these in 1938 while working
for a commercial beekeeper, but none since.
Does anyone know who made these or anything about their history?
Doc
Recently I bought about 20 colonies whose
owner had endured a long illness before death. Of course the bees were long neglected.
In going through and removing deep frames
in order to cut down to medium I ran on to
an ancient frame with PERFECT comb. It is made of aluminum with cells a half inc deep.
They were completely drawn to normal depth.
I saw a few of these in 1938 while working
for a commercial beekeeper, but none since.
Does anyone know who made these or anything about their history?
Doc