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    Quote Originally Posted by madasafish View Post
    I run jumbo langs which are bigger than 14x12. I agree with Alvearium that if you are physically slight or not very strong, a large frame full of bees - or honey - can be very heavy to lift
    It's worth adding of course that the Jumbo/md frame (although considerably bigger than the 14/12) is much nicer to handle; it approximates to the magic formula of having the side bars two thirds of the length of the top bar where the deep BS is of a more ungainly almost square shape.

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    But in this instance the op's been doing it long enough to know what s/he likes so it's just a case of getting the transfer sorted.
    Last edited by prakel; 14-05-2016 at 06:49 AM.

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