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bee space: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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bee space1 CONSTRUCTBee spaceLANGSTROTH · 9MM GAP

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Apiculture

The gap bees leave open rather than fill

Bee space is the narrow gap (roughly 6 to 9 millimetres) that honey bees leave as a passageway rather than closing with comb or propolis; spaces smaller than this they fill with propolis, and larger ones they bridge with burr comb. Langstroth's recognition of this constant let him design a hive with movable frames spaced at exactly a bee space, so combs could be lifted out without tearing, the innovation underlying modern beekeeping. Caron and Connor's Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping and Graham's The Hive and the Honey Bee describe bee space and its role in hive design. The referent is a behavioural spacing constant of the colony, exploited as the governing tolerance of removable-frame equipment.[1][2]

Unit
The gap width bees keep clear as a passage (~6–9 mm)
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Expressed as the clearance (~6–9 mm) bees leave open; designed into frame and box tolerances

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References

  1. Caron, D. M., & Connor, L. J. (2013). Honey bee biology and beekeeping (Rev. ed.). Wicwas Press. ISBN 9781878075291
  2. Graham, J. M. (Ed.). (2015). The hive and the honey bee (Rev. ed.). Dadant & Sons. ISBN 9780915698165

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