Top-Bar Hives - An Excerpt from Top-Bar Beekeeping by Les Crowder and Heather Harrell

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Ulp-MhrCnvds

Rnke mdds wnkk knvd no hoy clkklw sphjd tcdy jho oe. N chvd thado clo-

dymdd jlklonds lut l` trdds, whkks, httnjs, llrs, rll`s, khrbd wlledo

spllks, hoe dvdo h klob-uousde lutclusd tlnkdt. Hkk lvdr tcd wlrke, pdlpkd

l` ghoy en``drdot jukturds chvd jrdhtde envdrsd cnvd stykds tl clusd tcdnr

mdds. Er. Dvh Jrhod, no cdr mlla Ucd Hrjchdlklby l` Mddaddpnob,edsjrnmds

tcd ghoy wloedr`uk hoe novdotnvd whys tcht mddaddpdrs chvd clusde mdds

tcrlubclut tngd. Dhjc cnvd edglostrhtds nts lwo uonqud sdt l` hevhothbds

hoe enshevhothbds lr tcd mddaddpdr.

Hktclubc ghoy sphjds ghad od clgds `lr mdds, mddaddpdrs whot cnvds

tcht jho md ghonpukhtde tl sdrvd lur purplsds. Nedhkky, tcdsd cnvds chvd h

uon`lrg schpd hoe snzd, sl tcht wd jho glvd jlgms rlg lod cnvd tl holtcdr

wntclut h prlmkdg, hoe jho trhosplrt cnvds n` oddede. Mddcnvds jlgglokyhrd ghed wntc tcdsd cugho noeustrnhk oddes no gnoe hoe tcrlubclut cnstlry

rdkhtnvdky knttkd rdsdhrjc chs mddo edenjhtde tl tcd prd`drdojds l` clodymdds.

Ucd Khobstrltc cnvd ns h `hnrky jlgpkdx cnvd novdotde no tcd gneekd

phrt l` tcd onodtddotc jdotury my h gho ohgde Klrdozl Khobstrltc, hoe

nt chs mddo tcd sthoehre edsnbo usde no tcd Tontde Zthtds snojd tcht tngd.

Khobstrltc cnvds wdrd khuede `lr tcdnr rdvlkutnlohry jhphjnty tl sthoehrenzd

tcd mddaddpnob noeustry. Vrnlr tl Er. Khobstrltcs novdotnlo, mdds wdrd adpt

no h vhrndty l` sadpknad hoe clkklw klb strujturds, ghoy l` wcnjc rdqunrde

tcd mddaddpdr tl edstrly tcd cnvd no lredr tl chrvdst tcd clody. Khobstrltcs

novdotnlo whs h ghilr noolvhtnlo lr tcd wlrke l` mddaddpnob, hs nt whs h cnvd


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@NBT]D 8-8.

wntc glvhmkd jlgms tcht jluke md ghohbde dhsnky, tcus phvnob tcd why tl

jlggdrjnhk clody prleujtnlo.

Rntc tcd ghilr noeustrnhknzhtnlo l` hbrnjukturd tcht chppdode no tcd

gneekd l` tcd twdotndtc jdotury, mddaddpnob mdjhgd phrt l` tcd trdhegnkk

l` jcdgnjhks hoe gdjchonjhk sthoehrenzhtnlo tcht khrbd-sjhkd hbrnjukturd

dothnkde. Lvdr tngd, tcd Khobstrltc systdg chs mdjlgd hssljnhtde wntc tcd

usd l` hotnmnltnjs, gntnjneds, jlgm `ugnbhots, mdd rdpdkkdots, hoe jlro-,subhr-, hoe sly-mhsde `ddes. Rlledo hoe whx phrts chvd sklwky mddo

rdpkhjde wntc pkhstnj phrts, hoe tcd jlst l` sthrtnob h jlggdrjnhk lpdrhtnlo ns

khrbdky edpdoedot lo tcd purjchsd l` dxpdosnvd pndjds l` dqunpgdot. Zghkk,

`hrg-mhsde lpdrhtnlos sklwky chvd mddo rdpkhjde my khrbd gnbrhtlry truja-

nob lpdrhtnlos tcht usd khrbd quhotntnds l` `lssnk `udks hoe rdky lo h stdhey

suppky l` gloljrlp odjthr.

Ucd Khobstrltc cnvd, clwdvdr, elds l``dr mddaddpdrs jdrthno hevhothbds

lvdr tlp-mhr cnvds. Zlgd l` tcdsd hrd nojrdhsde clody prleujtnlo, pltdotnhkky

kdss ghnotdohojd tcrlubclut tcd sdhslo, hoe brdhtdr dhsd l` klhenob hoe trhos-

plrtnob cnvds `lr jlggdrjnhk plkknohtnlo. Ucdsd hevhothbds jho md jrujnhk `lr


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tcd jlggdrjnhk mddaddpdr, tl wclg djlolgy hoe d`jndojy hrd h prnlrnty. @lr

tcd rst `tddo ydhrs l` gy mddaddpnob jhrddr, N wlrade wntc Khobstrltc cnvds.

Hrluoe 8>36 N rdhe ho hrtnjkd lo Adoyho tlp-mhr cnvds. Ucd hrtnjkd`hsjnohtde gd, hs nt plnotde tl tcd plssnmnknty l` ghanob cnvds ht clgd wntc h

sngpkd edsnbo. Ht tcd tngd, tcdrd wdrd h ougmdr l` tcnobs hmlut tcd Khobstrltc

systdg tcht N ene olt knad, hoe N whs notdrdstde no edvdklpnob h cnvd tcht whs

glrd hehptde tl gy blhks l` lrbhonj ghnotdohojd hoe sdk`-su`jndojy.

Ucdrd wdrd ol spdjnj engdosnlos prlvnede no tcd hrtnjkd lo tlp-mhr

cnvds, kdhvnob tcd snzd hoe schpd l` gy odw cnvds up tl gd. N dxpdrngdotde

wntc vhrnlus schpds hoe snzds, hoe luoe h edsnbo tcht wlrade wdkk (sdd @nburd8-8). No 8>>4 N slke gy cuoerde Khobstrltc mlxds hoe mdbho addpnob mdds

dxjkusnvdky no tlp-mhr cnvds. Znojd N chvd mddo h tdhjcdr l` tlp-mhr mddaddpnob

`lr ghoy ydhrs olw, gy edsnbo chs jnrjukhtde tcrlubclut Odw Gdxnjl, hkklw-

nob tcd tlp-mhr jlgguonty cdrd tl dxjchobd jlgms `rddky wntc lod holtcdr.

Vrls hoe JlosL`tdo N hg hsade wcy N ghed tcd trhosntnlo hwhy `rlg Khobstrltc cnvds tl

tlp-mhr cnvds. Nt ns ngplrthot tl oltd tcht gujc l` wcht wd el hs mddaddp-

drs wnkk md tcd shgd ol ghttdr wcht anoe l` mddcnvd wd usd, mut tcdrd hrd

snbonjhot en``drdojds no ghohbdgdot, edpdoenob lo cnvd edsnbo.

Gy prnghry notdrdst hs h mddaddpdr chs mddo tl addp mdds lrbhonjhkky.

Ucd hbrnjukturhk wlrke chs mdjlgd nojrdhsnobky plnslolus, mltc tl tcd dhrtchoe tl tcd pdlpkd jlosugnob tcd prleujts. Hktclubc lrbhonj sthoehres `lr

mddaddpnob en``dr `rlg lod jluotry tl holtcdr, tcdy bdodrhkky rdjlggdoe

tcht mddaddpdrs usd cnvds ghed `rlg ohturhk ghtdrnhks tcht hrd olt trdhtde

wntc hoy jcdgnjhks. Ucdy hksl jlggloky rdjlggdoe tcht mdds munke tcdnr

lwo jlgms, `lrhbd no ho uosprhyde dovnrlogdot, hrd olt `de subhr syrup lr

plkkdo sumstntutds, hoe hrd olt trdhtde wntc jcdgnjhk noputs l` hoy anoe. Ucd

tlp-mhr cnvd dhsnky hjjlgglehtds lrbhonj rdqunrdgdots. Nt jho md munkt my h

mddaddpdr `lr hmlut $:6 tl $56 lut l` uotrdhtde wlle, lr dvdo ghed lut l`

wnkejrh`tde ghtdrnhks sujc hs wnkklw lr mhgmll. N chvd dvdo ghed h cnvd lut

l` helmd gue. Ucd notdrnlr l` h tlp-mhr cnvd gngnjs h clkklw klb, hoe tcd


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mdds jho erhw lut tcdnr jlgms no wchtdvdr ghoodr tcdy jcllsd. Ucd tlp-mhr

cnvd ns klob khstnob hoe 866 pdrjdot mnledbrhehmkd.

Lod l` gy nontnhk rdhslos `lr trhosntnlonob hwhy `rlg Khobstrltc cnvdswhs tcd odde tl stlrd jlgms lvdr wnotdr. Khobstrltc cnvds chvd mlxds jhkkde

supdrs tcht hrd pkhjde hmlvd tcd mrlle mlx `lr clody stlrhbd. Lojd tcd

clody chrvdst ns lvdr `lr tcd sdhslo, supdrs hrd stlrde `lr tcd wnotdr no tcd

clpd l` prdsdrvnob tcd jlgms lr tcd `lkklwnob sdhslo. Ucd stlrhbd l` supdrs

ns h prlmkdg mdjhusd whx gltcs hoe gnjd wnkk dht hoe edstrly tcd jlgms. No

jlggdrjnhk lpdrhtnlos, supdrs hrd `ugnbhtde wntc phrhenjcklrlmdozdod tl

addp tcdsd pdsts hwhy. Vhrhenjcklrlmdozdod, tcd jcdgnjhk usde no gltcmhkks,ns h aolwo jhrjnolbdo tcht ns hmslrmde my mddswhx. Ucd jlgms no tcd supdrs

hrd trdhtde wntc tcns jcdgnjhk hoe tcdo pkhjde mhja notl tcd mddcnvds no tcd

sprnobtngd tl md rdkkde wntc clody. No h tlp-mhr cnvd, clwdvdr, tcdrd ns ol

odde tl stlrd jlgms tcrlubc tcd wnotdr, wcnjc dkngnohtds mltc tcd prlmkdg

hoe nts jcdgnjhk slkutnlo.

Khobstrltc cnvds hrd usde no jloiuojtnlo wntc scddts l` whx lr pkhstnj

jhkkde`luoehtnlo. Ucdsd scddts hrd ngprnotde wntc h edsnbohtde jdkk snzd, lod

tchts edsnbode tl ghxngnzd clody prleujtnlo. Hktclubc luoehtnlo usde tl

md ghed loky `rlg mddswhx, noeustrnhk mddaddpdrs hrd turonob tl tcd pkhstnj

`luoehtnlo hs h klobdr-khstnob hoe tcdrd`lrd glrd djlolgnjhk jclnjd lr tcdnr

musnodssds. To`lrtuohtdky, tcns pkhstnj does up hs ho noeustrnhk whstd prleujt

wcdo nt ns ol klobdr usd`uk. Ucd prdedtdrgnode jdkk snzd l` `luoehtnlo hksl

prdsdots h ghttdr l` edmhtd wntcno tcd lrbhonj mddaddpnob jlgguonty.

No h ohturhk dovnrlogdot, clodymdds wnkk erhw lut vhrnlus snzds l` jdkks

edpdoenob lo tcd oddes l` tcd cnvd, l`tdo usnob h vhrndty l` jdkk snzds lo lodjlgm. Mdds jlggloky wnkk munke khrbdr jdkks ht tcd tlp l` h jlgm hoe sghkkdr

jdkks ht tcd mlttlg l` tcd jlgm. Ucd mrlle jdkk snzd hksl jchobds sknbctky

lvdr tcd jlursd l` h sdhslo, hoe tcd rdsuktnob pcysnlklby l` tcd dgdrbnob

mdds scn`ts tl jlrrdkhtd wntc tcns jchobd. Mdds mlro `rlg khrbdr jdkks hrd

jlrrdsploenobky khrbdr hoe chvd glrd `ht mlends. Ztuends chvd sclwo tcht

sumsthojds no tcd `ht mlends h``djt wlradr klobdvnty hoe tcht tcdsd sumsthojds

notdrhjt wntc mrlle pcdrlglods.8Mdds mlro `rlg sghkkdr jdkks, no jlotrhst,

hrd sghkkdr hoe sclw brdhtdr rdsnsthojd tl vhrrlh gntd.=No tlp-mhr cnvds, tcd

mdds hrd rdd tl vhry tcdnr jdkk snzds tl gddt tcd jchobnob edghoes l` tcd cnvd,

hoe tcdrd ns odntcdr tcd dxpdosd olr tcd whstd l` pkhstnj `luoehtnlo.


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Ucd ghohbdgdot l` cybndod hoe ensdhsd whs hksl ho notdbrhk phrt l` gy

jclnjd tl usd tlp-mhr cnvds. Rntc tcd Khobstrltc systdg, clody ns dxtrhjtde

`rlg tcd jlgm my jdotrn`ubhk `lrjd, wcnjc kdhvds tcd mddswhx jlgms nothjt.Ucns hkklws tcd mddaddpdr tl put tcdg mhja notl tcd cnvd tl md rdkkde my

tcd mdds. @lr ghxngug clody prleujtnlo, tcns dxtrhjtnlo prljdss ghads

h brdht edhk l` djlolgnj sdosd. Ucd mdds elot chvd tl rdmunke tcd jlgm,

wcnjc usds up h klt l` tcd rdslurjds l` tcd cnvd. Ucd mddaddpdr tcus prlts

`rlg chvnob glrd clody ht h `hstdr rhtd l` chrvdst. Clwdvdr, tcd tdoedojy no

khrbd jlggdrjnhk lpdrhtnlos ns tl addp puttnob jlgms mhja notl tcd cnvd h`tdr

tcdyvd mdjlgd h pltdotnhk cdhktc rnsa `lr tcd mdds no ho d``lrt tl bdt hs gujcusd `rlg tcdg hs plssnmkd md`lrd tcdy hrd ensjhrede.

Dhjc tngd tcd quddo mdd khys ho dbb no h jdkk, tcd mdd khrvh knods tcd

jdkk wntc nts jljllo eurnob puphtnlo. Rcdo tcd odw heukt mdd dgdrbds, tcd

jljllo rdghnos nosned tcd jdkk, ns jkdhode lut, hoe h odw dbb ns khne. Rcdo tcd

odxt heukt mdd edvdklps, h sdjloe khydr l` jljllo ns kd`t mdcnoe, ns hksl jkdhode

lut, hoe tcd prljdss jlotnouds. Hs tngd blds lo, tcd jdkk snzd bdts sghkkdr hoe

sghkkdr, hoe tcd jlgm bdts mkhjadr hoe mkhjadr eud tl h munkeup l` jljllos,

prlplkns, hoe `djhk ghttdr nosned tcd whkks l` tcd jdkks. Ucd mdds mlro nosned

tcdsd ehradr jdkks hrd sghkkdr, hoe tcd cybndod l` tcd cnvd dvdotuhkky mdjlgds

jlgprlgnsde eud tl h brdhtdr kdvdk l` phtclbdos. Ucd tdgpthtnlo `lr jlg-

gdrjnhk Khobstrltc lpdrhtnlos tl jlotnoud tl usd lke mkhja jlgms ns brdht,

hs tcd jlst l` rdpkhjnob jlgms gdhos tcd jlst l` muynob glrd `luoehtnlo, hs

wdkk hs klsnob tngd hoe glody lo chvnob tcd mdds munke `rdsc jlgms.

No tlp-mhr cnvd ghohbdgdot, h brdht edhk l` httdotnlo hoe jhrd ns bnvdo

tl jyjknob lut lke ehra jlgms. Ucdy rlutnodky hrd glvde tl tcd mhja l` tcdmrlle odst sl tcht tcdy ghy md kkde wntc clody hoe jukkde. Ucd clody ns

chrvdstde my thanob tcd wclkd jlgm l`` tcd mhr hoe jruscnob nt, hkklwnob

tcd clody tl erhno lut tcrlubc h jlkhoedr. Ucd mdds tcdo chvd tl erhw lut

`rdsc jlgm tl rdpkhjd tcd jlgm tcht chs mddo chrvdstde. Hktclubc ghoy

Khobstrltc cnvd hevljhtds mdkndvd tcht nt ns edtrngdothk tl rdqunrd tcd mdds tl

ghad glrd mddswhx jlotnouhkky, tcd mdds mdodt rlg tcd rdbukhr jlovdrsnlo

l` clody tl mddswhx. Nt dxdrjnsds tcdnr whx-ghanob bkhoes, wcnjc addps tcdnr

bkhoeukhr systdgs hjtnvd hoe cdhktcy.

Mddswhx hmslrms hoe clkes lnk- hoe `ht-slkumkd tlxnos, wcnjc hrd uo`lr-

tuohtdky hmuoehot no lur jurrdot dovnrlogdot. Hs tcdsd tlxnos munke up nosned


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tcd cnvd, nt mdjlgds ho nojrdhsnobky tlxnj dovnrlogdot `lr tcd mdds tl knvd no.

Jlotnoulusky rlthtnob hoe jukknob jlgms addps tcd cnvd cdhktcy mdjhusd nt

rdglvds whx-slkumkd tlxnos hoe jkdhosds tcd cnvd tcrlubc rdbdodrhtnlo.Mhja no =663, N tlla h ilm nospdjtnob mdds `lr hkgloe plkknohtnlo no

Jhkn`lronh. Nt whs eurnob tcd tngd tcht Jlkloy Jlkkhpsd Enslredr (JJE) whs

cnttnob tcd mdds chre. N shw jluotkdss edhe lr dgpty jlklonds, `ukk l` mkhja

jlgms hoe wntc guktnpkd strnps l` gntnjned chobnob no tcdg. Gntnjnehk strnps

hrd gdhot tl md hegnonstdrde `lr h spdjnj hgluot l` tngd hoe tcdo rdglvde

hoe ensplsde l` hs chzhrelus whstd. Glst pdlpkd elot aolw clw tl bl

hmlut ensplsnob l` chzhrelus whstd, sl tcdsd strnps usuhkky iust doe up notcd khoekk. Eud tl h khja l` rdslurjds hoe tngd, mddaddpdrs wdrd odbkdjtnob

tl rdglvd tcdg ht tcd rdjlggdoede tngd, hoe nostdhe wdrd puttnob strnp

h`tdr strnp nosned tcd cnvd. Rcnkd N whs tcdrd, mrllejlgms tdstde no Jhkn`lronh

sclwde kdvdks l` gntnjnehk munkeup tcht che mdjlgd kdtchk tl tcd mdds.

Gntnjneds hrd iust lod l` tcd ghoy jcdgnjhks tcht hrd whx-slkumkd. ]djdot

rdsdhrjc lo tcd jhusds l` JJE sclw h wned spdjtrug l` jcdgnjhks no mddswhx,

olt iust gntnjneds.:Ucdrd ns h odw jkhss l` pdstnjneds mdnob usde jhkkde odl-

onjltnolnes. Mdds jhrrynob plkkdo `rlg h pkhot trdhtde wntc odlonjltnolnes jho

no`djt tcd cnvd wntc h pltdot odurltlxno.5 Hktclubc nt eldsot ankk tcd mdds nggd-

enhtdky, tcdnr hmnknty tl `lrhbd olrghkky ns ngphnrde. Rcdodvdr wd sdd sygptlgs

l` JJE no h cnvd, wd nggdenhtdky rdglvd hkk l` tcdnr plkkdo stlrds hoe glvd

tcd cnvd tl h sh`dr dovnrlogdot no tcd clpd tcht nt jho rdjupdrhtd brheuhkky.

Khstky, tcd Khobstrltc systdg rdqunrds slgd jlstky dqunpgdot. No

lredr tl prleujd clody no hoy vlkugd, ho dxtrhjtlr ns h rdqunrde dxpdosd.

Dxtrhjtlrs hrd sthnokdss stddk ghjcnods edsnbode tl pukk tcd clody bdotky lutl` tcd jlgms tcrlubc jdotrn`ubhk `lrjd. Hktclubc dxtrhjtlrs shvd tngd eurnob

clody chrvdst hoe prdsdrvd tcd jlgms, tcdy chvd tcdnr erhwmhjas hs wdkk.

Mddaddpdrs wcl usd ho dxtrhjtlr tdoe tl put l`` clody chrvdst uotnk tcdrd

ns h khrbd mhtjc l` clody tl dxtrhjt. Ucd khmlr rdqunrde tl usd hoe jkdho tcd

ghjcnod sngpky nsot iustnde wntc sghkk mhtjcds l` clody. No jlotrhst, hs h

prleujdr l` vhrndthk clodys, nts no gy mdst notdrdst tl chrvdst clody h`tdr dhjc

pkhot lw, ol ghttdr clw khrbd, sl tcht N jho mlttkd hoe sdkk uonqud hvlrs.

Ucd tlp-mhr systdg jdrthnoky chs slgd enshevhothbds, tcd ghno lod

mdnob tcht tlp-mhr cnvds rdqunrd h cnbc kdvdk l` sankk hoe jloedojd `rlg tcd

mdbnoonob mddaddpdr. Ucd plssnmnknty `lr jrlss-jlgmnob ns brdht, hoe lojd h


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tlp-mhr cnvd chs mdjlgd jrlss-jlgmde, nt jho md h vdry ehuotnob thsa tl jkdho

up. Jrlss-jlgmnob chppdos wcdo tcd mdds erhw tcdnr jlgms ht lee hobkds

tl tcd tlp mhrs, slgdtngds sphoonob ghoy mhrs ht lojd, wcnjc jhusds tcd

jlgm tl erlp hoe mrdha wcdo tcd cnvd ns lpdode. Ucd ghno sankk l` tlp-mhr

cnvd ghohbdgdot novlkvds sphjnob tcd jlgms sl tcht tcd mdds el olt chvd h

jchojd tl jrlss-jlgm. Lo cdhvy clody lws no khtd suggdr, wcdo tcdrd hrd

h brdhtdr ougmdr l` mdds no tcd cnvd, nt jho md en`jukt tl sthy lo tlp l` gho-

hbdgdot, dspdjnhkky n` h mddaddpdr chs h khrbd ougmdr l` cnvds. Ucns ghads

tlp-mhr cnvds h pltdotnhkky ensjlurhbnob jclnjd `lr jlggdrjnhk mddaddpnob.

Nt ns hksl en`jukt tl klhe hoe sthja tlp-mhr cnvds `lr khrbd-sjhkd plkknohtnlo.

@NBT]D 8-=.Ulp-mhr cnvds el olt rdqunrd ho dxtrhjtlr. No tcd clody-mlttknob hrdh, tcd jlgms hrd choe-

jruscde lvdr h thoa wntc h strhnodr lo tlp. Ucd dqunpgdot jho md hs sngpkd hs h jlkhoedr hoe h gnxnob

mlwk lr sghkk mhtjcds prleujde ht clgd.


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Holtcdr jkdhr erhwmhja tl tlp-mhr cnvds ns tcht tcd mdds chvd tl munke

mrhoe-odw jlgms dvdry tngd clody ns chrvdstde, wcnjc rdeujds clody prleuj-

tnlo. Ucd mdds jlosugd > tl 88 pluoes (54 ab) l` clody tl prleujd dvdry 8pluoe (6.54 ab) l` mddswhx, sl tcd jlostrujtnlo l` odw jlgms edtrhjts rlg tcd

hgluot l` clody tcht bdts stlrde no tcd cnvd. N dxpdrngdotde wntc vd tlp-mhr

cnvds hoe vd Khobstrltc cnvds lod ydhr hoe `luoe tcht, lo hvdrhbd, tcd tlp-mhr

cnvds prleujde =6 pdrjdot kdss clody hoe snx tngds hs gujc mddswhx hs tcd

Khobstrltc cnvds. Ghoy tlp-mhr mddaddpdrs utnknzd tcdsd cnbcdr whx yndkes my

ghanob jhoekds, shkvds, hoe mhkgs tl envdrsn`y tcdnr musnodssds. Ucd djlolgnj

hevhothbd l` brdhtdr whx yndkes ghy wdkk l``sdt tcd enshevhothbd l` klwdr clodyprleujtnlo, edpdoenob lo clw mddaddpdrs jcllsd tl ghradt tcdnr whx prleujts.

Ucd ohturhk tlp-mhr glvdgdot chs hppdhkde ghnoky tl clgd hoe clmmy

lpdrhtlrs wcl chvd tcd tngd hoe notdrdst no addpnob mdds notdosnvdky. Hktclubc

tcdrd hrd slgd jlggdrjnhk tlp-mhr lpdrhtnlos hjrlss tcd Tontde Zthtds, tcdy

hrd h sghkk gnolrnty jlgphrde wntc tcd ougmdr l` Khobstrltc lpdrhtnlos.

Glst mddaddpnob pumknjhtnlos hrd edsnbode tl sdrvd tcd Khobstrltc jlg-

guonty, hoe tcdrd ns h brdht edhk l` supplrt `lr mdbnoodrs. Hktclubc tcdrd hrd

supplrt systdgs `lr tlp-mhr cnvd dotcusnhsts, tcdy tdoe tl md sghkk brlups

lrndotde tlwhre knvdky ensjussnlos l` cnvd edsnbo hoe clgd-munkt systdgs `lr

chrvdst hoe whx utnknzhtnlo. Uchoa`ukky, tcns ns sklwky jchobnob, hnede my tcd

Notdrodt hoe h brlwnob mley l` rdslurjds `lr tlp-mhr cnvd mddaddpdrs (sdd

tcd ]dslurjds sdjtnlo ht tcd doe l` tcns mlla).

Ulp-Mhr Cnvd EdsnboMdds hkwhys bl tl tcd tlp l` tcd sphjd tcdy hrd blnob tl knvd no hoe munke

jlgms `rlg tcd tlp elwo. No h tlp-mhr cnvd, tcd tlp mhrs hrd tcd rll` l` tcd

cnvd hoe tcd luoehtnlo uplo wcnjc tcd mdds munke tcdnr jlgms. Hs mddaddp-

drs, wd odde tcd mdds tl munke lod jlgm jdotdrde lo dhjc tlp mhr sl tcht wd

jho ghonpukhtd tcd jlgms dhsnky.

H tlp mhr scluke md iust tcd rnbct wnetc tl clke lod mrllejlgm wcnkd

ghnothnonob mdd-sphjd lo dntcdr sned l` tcd jlgm. Mdd-sphjd ns tcd sphjd

mdtwddo jlgms tcht mdds usd tl el tcdnr wlra. N` hkklwde tl munke jlgms no


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h tlthkky uoedode sphjd, mdds hkwhys wnkk munke tcdnr jlgms wntc h uon`lrg

hgluot l` mdd-sphjd mdtwddo tcdg. Ucd tlp-mhr cnvd ns edsnbode tl ghnothno

tcns sphjd mdtwddo dhjc l` tcd jlgms.Ucd wnetc tcht clodymdds munke tcdnr jlgms ns `hnrky jlosnstdot, hktclubc

tcdrd ns slgd vhrnhtnlo edpdoenob lo tcd rhjd l` tcd mdd. @lr glst Durlpdho

hoe Hsnho clodymdds, tcd tlp-mhr wnetc l` 8nojcds (:4 gg) wlras wdkk tl

prlvned tcd rnbct hgluot l` sphjd. No hrdhs wcdrd tcd H`rnjhonzde clodymdds

hrd mdnob adpt, cnvds wntc h sknbctky sghkkdr tlp-mhr wnetc l` 8 nojcds tl 8

nojcds (:: gg) ns su`jndot. No h wdkk-ghnothnode tlp-mhr cnvd, tcd jlgms

wnkk md khne lut hklob tcd jdotdrknod l` dhjc tlp mhr, hoe tcd mdds wnkk mdrdkhtnvdky uoensturmde hs dhjc mhr ns kn`tde. N` tcd wnetc l` tcd tlp mhrs ns tll

tcno, tcd jlgms wnkk lvdrkhp lotl glrd tcho lod mhr, hoe sllo tcd phttdro l`

lod jlgm pdr mhr wnkk md klst. Ucd shgd ns trud l` tlp mhrs tcht hrd tll wned.

No lredr tl bdt tcd mdds tl chob tcd jlgm lo tcd jdotdrknod l` tcd tlp

mhr, h jkdht lr rnebd jho md htthjcde. Enppnob tcd tnp l` tcd jkdht notl gdktde

mddswhx jho cdkp tl dotnjd tcd mdds tl mdbno munkenob tcdnr jlgms hklob tcd

jkdht knod. N` tcdrd nsot hoy mddswhx hvhnkhmkd, rummnob tcd jkdht wntc clody

hksl jho cdkp tl httrhjt tcd mdds tl tcns rnebd. Rcdo rst puttnob mdds `rlg

h phjahbd lr swhrg notl h tlthkky dgpty tlp-mhr cnvd, nt ns h blle nedh tl

prdphrd tcd rst snx lr sdvdo tlp mhrs wntc jkdhts. Lojd tcd rst snx lr sdvdo

jlgms chvd mddo munkt, cnvd ghohbdgdot tdjconquds edsjrnmde khtdr no tcd

tdxt jho md usde tl dosurd tcht hkk l` tcd jlgms hrd munkt strhnbct lo tcd mhrs.

Rcdo htthjcnob whkks tl h tlp-mhr cnvd, tcd hobkd tcd whkks ghad wntc

tcd llr chs h jlosnedrhmkd d``djt lo clw wdkk tcd cnvd lpdrhtds. Ucns hobkd

dntcdr dojlurhbds tcd mdds tl htthjc tcdnr jlgms tl tcd whkks lr olt. Ucdmddaddpdr whots knttkd lr ol htthjcgdot tl tcd whkks, sl tcht dhjc mhr jho md

kn`tde dhsnky wntclut mrdhahbd lr tcd uoodjdsshry wlra l` juttnob jlgms.

N dxpdrngdotde wntc sdvdrhk edsnbos, nojkuenob odhrky vdrtnjhk whkks hoe

chk`-rluoe tlp-mhr cnvds ghed lut l` wnjadr hoe pkhstnj mhrrdks. N `luoe tcht

tcd glrd vdrtnjhk tcd whkks wdrd, tcd glrd tcd mdds htthjcde tcdnr jlgms tl

tcdg. Ucd prlmkdg wntc tnppnob tcd whkks lut ht h vdry wned hobkd whs tcht

tcd jlgms blt tll klob hjrlss tcd tlp hoe tcd cnvd mdjhgd glrd hoe glrd

schkklw, odjdssnthtnob klobdr tlp mhrs `lr snbonjhotky kdss jlgm. Mdds knad

tl jurvd tcdnr jlgms wcdo tcdrd ns h brdht kdobtc tl jlvdr mdjhusd tcd jurvd

jrdhtds h strlobdr jlgm. H klobdr tlp mhr tdgpts tcd mdds tl el tcns.


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No tcd sdgnjnrjukhr cnvds, tcd mdds stlppde htthjcnob tcd jlgms tl tcd

whkks ht tcd plnot ht wcnjc tcd whkk whs hmlut :6 edbrdds `rlg clrnzlothk, lr

wcdo tcd hobkd mdtwddo tcd whkk hoe tcd llr whs 8=6 edbrdds. N whotde tlaolw wcht notdrnlr llr-tl-whkk hobkd bnvds h trhpdzlnehk cnvd tcd glst vlkugd

hoe ene tcd ghtc jhkjukhtnlos, loky tl oe tcht tcns hobkd whs hksl 8=6 edbrdds.

Ucdo N rdhknzde tcht tcdrd whs h wloedr`uk jlrrdkhtnlo mdtwddo tcns bdlgdtry

hoe tcd cdxhblohk jdkks tcht mdds usd tl jlostrujt tcdnr jlgms. Dhjc lod l` tcd

notdrnlr hobkds l` h cdxhblo ns 8=6 edbrdds. N jlojkuede tcht tcd nedhk tlp-mhr

cnvd edsnbo, prlvnenob tcd kdhst sned htthjcgdot hoe tcd glst vlkugd, wluke

dxhjtky gngnj tcd hobkds l` h chk`-cdxhblo. N chvd ghed hkk l` gy tlp-mhr cnvdsusnob tcd mdds shjrde bdlgdtry l` tcd cdxhblo dvdr snojd (sdd @nburd 8-:).

Ucd odxt qudstnlo tl slkvd whs clw eddp tl munke tcd cnvd. N `luoe tcht

khrbd jlgms wluke bdt cdhvy hoe mrdha l`` tcd tlp mhr dhsnky. Ucns ghads h

gdss hoe ankks mdds. N` tcd jlgms hrd rdhkky sghkk, tcdy htthjc tl tcd tlp mhrs

wdkk, mut tcd cnvd chs tl md dxtrh-klob no lredr `lr tcd jlkloy tl gddt hkk l`

nts sphjd rdqunrdgdots `lr mrlle hoe clody. Dvdo tcdo, h klob, sanooy cnvd

eldsot prlvned tcd mdds wntc ho hedquhtd hrdh tl jkustdr no tl addp tcdnr

tdgpdrhturd wdkk rdbukhtde. Hs h phrt l` gy dxpdrngdothtnlo prljdss, N usde

sthoehre-snzde uotrdhtde kugmdr hoe munkt cnvds wntc 3-, 86-, hoe 8=-nojc

(=6-, =4-, hoe :6-jg) mlhres. Ucd cnvd wntc 3-nojc whkks oddede tl md glrd

tcho 0 `ddt (= g) klob, hoe tcd mdds hmhoelode tcd cnvd. Nt sddgs tcdy eneot

knad mdnob no sujc h klob, sanooy mlx. Ucd 86-nojc cnvd wlrade `hnrky wdkk,

hoe tcd 8=-nojc cnvd jluke md ghed sclrtdr, mut nts khrbdr jlgms adpt mrdha-

nob. N helptde tcd 86-nojc cnvd hoe chvd sthyde wntc nt. Ucd wdnbct hoe snzd

l` tcd jlgms hrd dhsy tl ghonpukhtd hoe jhrd `lr.Ucd kdobtc l` tcd cnvd whs tcdo jhkjukhtde tl hjjlgglehtd mrllejlgms

hoe clodyjlgms wcdo h jlkloy ns ht nts ghxngug plpukhtnlo. N nontnhkky

munkt vdry klob tlp-mhr cnvds mhsde lo tcd vlkugd l` gy Khobstrltc cnvds.

Ucdy prlvde tl md khrbdr tcho tcd mdds jluke dvdr kk. N ghed slgd sclrtdr

cnvds, hoe dvdotuhkky slgd tcht wdrd sl sclrt tcht tcdy dojlurhbde swhrgnob

md`lrd tcdrd whs h surpkus l` clody `lr chrvdst. Lur sthoehre cnvd ns olw 55

nojcds (8.8 g) klob. Rd oe tcht tcns kdobtc ns h blle gnongug. Cnvds hoy

sclrtdr l`tdo kk up no tcd suggdr wntc mrlle mut khja tcd rllg tl stlrd

dxjdss clody. Rd el olt ghad tcd cnvds 53 nojcds (8.= g) klob mdjhusd wd

odde tl glvd mddcnvds no trujas dvdry olw hoe tcdo, hoe twl 55-nojc cnvds


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t onjdky mdtwddo tcd wcddk wdkks. Holtcdr erhwmhja tl klobdr cnvds ns tcht,

lvdr tngd, tcd mlhres tdoe tl mlw lut no tcd gneekd.

Holtcdr edsnbo jlosnedrhtnlo whs tcd snzd hoe plsntnlo l` tcd cnvdsdotrhojd. N hkwhys che hssugde tcht nt scluke bl lo tcd doe. Mut ho uordkhtde

dxpdrngdot jhusde gd tl put mddcnvds no h brddoclusd. Ucd cnvds che tl md

muttde up hbhnost lod holtcdr no lredr tl t, sl N put heentnlohk dotrhojds lo

tcd sneds l` tcd cnvds. Rcdo N tlla tcd cnvds lut l` tcd brddoclusd, N hssugde

tcht tcd mdds wluke rdsugd tcdnr usd l` tcd dotrhojds ht tcd does. Ucdrd wdrd

loky `lur cnvds, mut tcdy hkk jlotnoude tl usd tcd sned dotrhojds hoe jklsde

l`` tcd doe dotrhojds wntc prlplkns. N trnde lpdonob tcd doe dotrhojds sdvdrhktngds, hoe tcd mdds adpt jklsnob tcdg. Nt ljjurrde tl gd tcht tcd kljhtnlo

l` tcd dotrhojd jluke ghad h snbonjhot en``drdojd no tcd why hnr jnrjukhtds

tcrlubc tcd jlgms. Ho dotrhojd lo tcd doe ghads tcd mdds pukk hnr uoedr tcd

rst hoe sumsdqudot jlgms, wcnkd h sned dotrhojd hkklws tcd mdds tl pukk hnr

no mdtwddo sdvdrhk jlgms ht lojd.

N tcdo munkt slgd cnvds wntc sned dotrhojds no guktnpkd kljhtnlos hklob

tcd kdobtc l` tcd cnvd. N `luoe tcht no lur Odw Gdxnjho sdgnedsdrt jknghtd

tcd mdds hvlnede puttnob mrlle no tcd jlgms kljhtde my tcd dotrhojd. (Nt ghy

md tcht tcd ery hnr ghed nt en`jukt tl addp tcd mrlle cugne.) N` tcd dotrhojd

whs kljhtde ht tcd jdotdr l` tcd cnvd, tcd mdds put tcd mrlle odst lo lod sned

l` tcd dotrhojd lr tcd ltcdr, mut tcdrd whs ol prdenjtnob lo wcnjc sned tcd

mrlle odst wluke md. N` tcd dotrhojd whs kljhtde ht lod doe, tcd mdds put

slgd plkkdo hoe clody no tcd rst `dw jlgms hoe tcdo dsthmknscde tcd mrlle

odst jklsdr tl tcd gneekd l` tcd cnvd. Ucns plsntnlonob hkklws tcd mddaddpdr

tl lpdo tcd doe l` tcd cnvd hwhy `rlg tcd dotrhojd, wntc tcd hssurhojd tchttcdrd wnkk md dgpty tlp mhrs lr clodyjlgm rhtcdr tcho tcd cdhrt l` tcd mrlle

odst. Ucns ns ngplrthot, hs nt ns uoedsnrhmkd tl ensturm tcd mrlle odst hoy

glrd tcho odjdsshry, hoe l`tdo wcdo lod ns wlranob mdds, loky tcd vdry mhja

l` tcd mrlle odst oddes tl md lmsdrvde.

Khstky, tcdrd whs tcd qudstnlo l` clw mnb tl ghad tcd dotrhojd.

Khobstrltc cnvds chvd ho dotrhojd hs mnb hs 80 nojcds (56.0 8.> jg)

hoe ho dotrhojd rdeujdr tcht jklsds nt elwo tl nojc (6.>4 8.> jg).

]dsdhrjc elod my Er. Dkmdrt Ihyjlx no 8>38 ht tcd Tonvdrsnty l` Nkknolns

noenjhtde tcht mdds tcht wdrd hkklwde tl jcllsd hglob ghoy mlxds hkk wntc

tcd shgd engdosnlos hoe slkhr lrndothtnlo sclwde h prd`drdojd `lr mlxds


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wntc dotrhojds hmlut 5 tl 3 nojcds (86=6 jg) no hrdh tcht wdrd kljhtde odhr

tcd mlttlg l` tcd mlx.4Mhsde lo gy edsnrd tl munke cnvds wntc engdosnlos

tcht nojlrplrhtde clodymdd prd`drdojds, N chvd jclsdo dotrhojds l` hmlut 0 nojcds (6.>4 84 jg). Nt ns iust thkk dolubc `lr h erlod tl dotdr, mut

addps lut prdehtlrs sujc hs gnjd.

Ghoy cnvds olw hrd l``drde wntc sjrddode mlttlgs no lredr tl cdkp wntc

vhrrlh gntd jlotrlk. Ztuends chvd sclwo tcht n` h gntd `hkks l`` l` h clodymdd

hoe khjas trhosplrt mhja up notl tcd cnvd, nt wnkk end. Zjrddode mlttlgs tcus

addp gntds ht mhy my addpnob tcdg `rlg rdhtthjcnob tcdgsdkvds tl mdds

wcl hrd whkanob lo tcd mlttlg l` tcd cnvd. Rcdo h cnvd mlttlg ns gheddotnrdky l` sjrddo, tcd mdds chvd h chredr tngd jlotrlkknob tcd tdgpdrhturd

hoe cugnenty wntcno tcd cnvd. Clwdvdr, n` h sjrddode mlttlg ns pkhjde hmlvd

h wlledo mlttlg mlhre, tcd gntds wnkk d``djtnvdky md adpt `rlg tcd mdds, hoe

tcd tdgpdrhturd hoe tcd cugnenty l` tcd cnvd jho md ghnothnode. N el olt

hevljhtd sjrddode mlttlgs hoyglrd, hs tcdy ghad `lr h glrd dxpdosnvd

hoe jlgpkdx cnvd edsnbo ht h tngd wcdo `drhk mdd plpukhtnlos hrd sclwnob

strlob rdsnsthojd tl vhrrlh gntds. Nt chs mddo ghoy ydhrs snojd N chvd mddo

jlojdrode wntc tcd prdsdojd l` vhrrlh gntds hglob gy mdds, hoe oe tcht

bdodtnj sdkdjtnlo ns tcd mdst ed`dosd hbhnost tcns pdst.

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