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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 1965" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>The principle of the bee space is that if a gap is too small for a bee to crawl through then they will generally propolies it. If the gap is bigger than a bee needs to call through then they will fill it with wax and honey. If the gap is exactly right for a bee to crawl through they will crawl through it and leave it alone. In real life this doesn't always happen but it is the general rule.</p><p>Modern beekeeping is based on this very simple principle. </p><p>There were some hives with frames before the discovery of this principle but because they will always either stuck up with propolis or waxed to the walls they were largely unsuccessful . Top bar hives rely on a different principle. Where bees can build comb with no restrictions they will build their comb in a catenery(not sure if that's how it's spelt) curve which is the same curve as a length of chain held that both ends hangs. This in theory stops the bees from joining their comb to the walls but in practice the hives are not a true curve so they do get attached to a greater or lesser extent. It is of course perfectly possible to make frames to fit these hives and utilise the bee space principle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 1965, member: 207"] The principle of the bee space is that if a gap is too small for a bee to crawl through then they will generally propolies it. If the gap is bigger than a bee needs to call through then they will fill it with wax and honey. If the gap is exactly right for a bee to crawl through they will crawl through it and leave it alone. In real life this doesn't always happen but it is the general rule. Modern beekeeping is based on this very simple principle. There were some hives with frames before the discovery of this principle but because they will always either stuck up with propolis or waxed to the walls they were largely unsuccessful . Top bar hives rely on a different principle. Where bees can build comb with no restrictions they will build their comb in a catenery(not sure if that's how it's spelt) curve which is the same curve as a length of chain held that both ends hangs. This in theory stops the bees from joining their comb to the walls but in practice the hives are not a true curve so they do get attached to a greater or lesser extent. It is of course perfectly possible to make frames to fit these hives and utilise the bee space principle. [/QUOTE]
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