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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 13083" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>The 8 framers were better for extracting because the combs were built out thicker so when they dropped through the uncapping knives there was not much cappings left on the comb needing to be manually scratched afterwards. Combine that with 20% less combs needing to be handled, you could put more boxes through easier.</p><p></p><p>Frames were all wood and wax then. I have tried spacing to 8 frames with plastic, just doesn't work the same you get heaps of burr comb, which is a problem with prickers instead of knives. So now I run 10 frames in the supers. 45 kg sounds a lot per box I don't think we ever got that, (I did say <strong>close</strong> to 100 pounds), but 80 pounds would not have been unusual. Now I'm in manuka and kanuka country the frames get left pretty sticky and the boxes can still be pretty heavy even after extraction, but down in Canterbury with their clover and other runny honeys the boxes get left pretty dry and light, you definitely get more out.</p><p></p><p>And re the running expenses back then yes, beekeeping was a poorly paid profession back then, most outfits were bare bones running expenses, wish I had some photos but the trucks we ran were ancient even by those standards, double de clutch gearboxes, all that stuff. The site owners were given a 5 pound tin of honey once a year, one year the harvest was not good, the landowners were given no honey. But back then all Canterbury sheep farmers wanted bees on their land to pollinate the clover, having an apiary on the farm was considered a big plus for your pasture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 13083, member: 13"] The 8 framers were better for extracting because the combs were built out thicker so when they dropped through the uncapping knives there was not much cappings left on the comb needing to be manually scratched afterwards. Combine that with 20% less combs needing to be handled, you could put more boxes through easier. Frames were all wood and wax then. I have tried spacing to 8 frames with plastic, just doesn't work the same you get heaps of burr comb, which is a problem with prickers instead of knives. So now I run 10 frames in the supers. 45 kg sounds a lot per box I don't think we ever got that, (I did say [B]close[/B] to 100 pounds), but 80 pounds would not have been unusual. Now I'm in manuka and kanuka country the frames get left pretty sticky and the boxes can still be pretty heavy even after extraction, but down in Canterbury with their clover and other runny honeys the boxes get left pretty dry and light, you definitely get more out. And re the running expenses back then yes, beekeeping was a poorly paid profession back then, most outfits were bare bones running expenses, wish I had some photos but the trucks we ran were ancient even by those standards, double de clutch gearboxes, all that stuff. The site owners were given a 5 pound tin of honey once a year, one year the harvest was not good, the landowners were given no honey. But back then all Canterbury sheep farmers wanted bees on their land to pollinate the clover, having an apiary on the farm was considered a big plus for your pasture. [/QUOTE]
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