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Historic New Zealand Beekeeping
1974 MAF seminar: tribute to Trevor Rowe and Chris Brommell
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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 11026" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Your quite right Nick , we did go to Robin's place. He had some new boxes with a really flash jointing system with the idea being that you pulled the boxes apart and stored them flat to save room. It was a beautiful example of joinery but of course would never worked because the Timber expanded with the hives humility and the bees gumed them up with propolis . Robin was an ideas man but not always so good on the practical.</p><p>As for the tanks I think there were four and I certainly remember having to dig the wax out of the top. It was hard, hot and sticky work.</p><p>Years later, one of the tanks was being heated and pumped out but the top of the tank didn't melt and when it finally fell the whole middle of the concrete tank was shattered.</p><p>We had a similar system in Hawke's Bay only using steam from a boiler. The tanks weren't a great system but they were better than the 40 pound tins that were the norm at the time. Drums are definitely better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 11026, member: 207"] Your quite right Nick , we did go to Robin's place. He had some new boxes with a really flash jointing system with the idea being that you pulled the boxes apart and stored them flat to save room. It was a beautiful example of joinery but of course would never worked because the Timber expanded with the hives humility and the bees gumed them up with propolis . Robin was an ideas man but not always so good on the practical. As for the tanks I think there were four and I certainly remember having to dig the wax out of the top. It was hard, hot and sticky work. Years later, one of the tanks was being heated and pumped out but the top of the tank didn't melt and when it finally fell the whole middle of the concrete tank was shattered. We had a similar system in Hawke's Bay only using steam from a boiler. The tanks weren't a great system but they were better than the 40 pound tins that were the norm at the time. Drums are definitely better. [/QUOTE]
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