Скачать или смотреть The East German Hive Wars: Langstroth, Scarcity, and the Fight to Modernize Beekeeping in the GDR

The source text, excerpts from "30 Years of the Broderstorf Beekeepers' Association: Debates on Magazine Beekeeping 1987," provides a historical overview of the introduction and the intense debates surrounding *magazine beekeeping* in the *GDR* (German Democratic Republic) between 1986 and 1988. It describes the founding of the Broderstorf beekeeping group in 1987, whose members were already largely magazine beekeepers, thus anticipating later developments. The central focus of the discussion was the development of the *"Schwerin Combination Magazine"* in the *Langstroth frame size**, which was developed by a collective and put into series production. The author argues in detail for the Langstroth frame size and the magazine system by explaining its advantages concerning **comb length**, **moisture management**, **management practice* (e.g., swarm prevention and nuc creation), and *rationality* compared to traditional rear-entrance hives. Finally, the text emphasizes that magazine beekeeping requires a *shift in thinking* regarding management practice but allows for significantly *more efficient* and *performance-oriented* beekeeping.

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