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Standard length for bottom board?

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CapnChkn:
What is the standard length for a bottom board?

Plans are showing a 22 inch length.

jimineycricket:
That's what the plans I use call for.  22"

BeeMaster2:
You can make it any length that you need. You can also make it 19 7/8", exactly the same as the brood box. It does not make any difference to the bees.
Jim

tycrnp:
Most of our are 22" but some are longer, but Jim's right....the bees use them all.

little john:
Isaac Hopkins used to make his 24" long - thusly:




...  and moved the brood box in order to vary the entrance size.
LJ

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