Patience please.

[The Drone Ranger]

Hi prakel
Storch
I have a copy
Terribly dry though I still haven't figured out" the building frame "
Must dig it out again
One of my beekeeping friends has had bees for 30 years but in his case it's like 2years experience repeated 15 times
I'm like that with gardening which he is brilliant at

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[prakel]

Hi prakel
Storch
I have a copy
Terribly dry though

Did I forget the similing face? Not so much the book, which is interesting in parts, but the assumption in some quarters that such knowledge can eliminate the need for real hands on experience.

I still haven't figured out" the building frame "

Right, the way I read it is that it's effectively a deep framed window which allows space for a comb to be built next to the glass. But can be reversed during the winter to close up the space by placing the glass closer to the proper combs. I've seen an assumption that it's the same as a warre window but that doesn't appear to be the way it's described in the Storch book or, briefly, here:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...IDYWN0zz3MiGRw

Bee World Volume 30, Issue 7, 1949

[The Drone Ranger]

Hi Prakel
When books get translated I think they can lose something
German seems to suffer worst which is a real pity because a lot of top beekeeping writers are published in German
Eric McArthur often translated stuff for the SBA magazine from German

You are right enough though all the books don't substitute for actual experience
With gardening where I have a huge collection of books I never do things at the right time or get round to double digging etc
So I am a rotten gardener, I read the books but don't apply the lessons
The old lady who lived next to us when we bought our first house had a lovely garden
She only had one book (The Big Book of the Garden) and she gave that to me

Every year you get one chance to get it right always with unpredictable weather

[The Drone Ranger]

The title of this thread always reminds me of Count Arthur Strong
https://youtu.be/RxvqJo4vH7M

I read the linked pdf prakel these old articles are always interesting (to me anyway)
Beginning with "Metal Ends are a menace when extracting"
funny enough I am going back to using the plastic ones in the broodbox (only)
It's easy to tell the frame age as they are colour coded for the year