Bee space in the flow hive?

Modifications & Building Bee Hives
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Hi All, I’m doing a bee keeping course at the minute that is talking about bee spaces in the hive. I was wondering if the flow hive has a height of 242mm and the box it sits in is 245mm high- does that not mean there is no bee space? For reference i was looking here for the dimensions of the flow frame

and the height of the box from here https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5201/4494/files/Modify_a_Langstroth_Box_Manual.pdf?ref=support.honeyflow.com&v=1600394808

appreciate any thoughts

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Hi Ed, welcome to the forum.

Bee space is not so much the internal dimensions of the box, but the space between the combs, as well as between the combs & the sides of the box, including top & bottom. In the natural world they create their own bee space when building their combs. All beekeeping equipment is & should be designed to accommodate the bees natural bee space. The Flow hive dimensions accommodate the bees natural bee space.

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