Originally Posted by
drumgerry
The longer I have with both poly and wooden hives the less convinced I am of the advantages of one over the other. Poly is handy and convenient for nucs. It may even have some advantages in heat retention for nuc sized colonies. But I'm not seeing much of a difference either in buildup or overwintering in full sized colonies although admittedly my personal sample size isn't a large one. So much so that I've been thinking I might just start buying cedar hives again. For nucs I'll still buy poly if for no other reason than cost.
On another but related note did I imagine an email a while back from Mann Lake saying they were going to be stocking National hives? Can't find any trace of it in my email and not seeing them on the Mann Lake site.
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