Subject: Re: beekeeping and the human back

From: Gordon Scott <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 20:06:41 +0100

In article <[email-masked]> you wrote:
: In article <[email-masked]>, Hugh J Morgan
: <[email-masked]> writes:

: >At the moment I have some information in Spanish on bending and lifting 
: >parts of hives (Spanish - alzas).  They are like boxes, with slots in 
: >the side for holding.  When full, they can strain the lifter's back.  
: >Can anyone tell me what they are called?  It's not the frame.  Could 
: >they be the supers?
: >
: >Grateful for any help.

:     Probably so.  A full, deep Lanstroth super can weigh about a hundred
: pounds.  The sizes do vary around the world, but honey is heavy anywhere.

Just for reference, the Langstroth supers we use in the UK are
normally the shallow pattern (6" deep) and weigh in at about
half that.

I concur with the sugestion of 'super'.  That word 'alzas'
sounds to me rather little like 'also', maybe comparable to
our older (Saxon?) word 'eke'.

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