May I suggest a 10 frame poly hive has potentially more brood area than an 11 frame wooden hive? This is because in a poly hive the queen will happily lay in all 10 frames whereas in an 11 frame wooden hive the maximum is probably 9. There are always exceptions of course but generally the outer frames on wooden hives suffer too much temperature fluctuation.
The 10 frame hive will hold less stores but what are supers for and in a well insulated hive the bees can move up into the super readily in winter to access the stores.
Does RT know about this ?
ID OD ? Translate into english, or even better welsh please
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