IS 5426 : 1969 Specification for Traveling Bees-box

UDC 638.141.44 FAD 3
Reaffirmed 2020

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes the requirements for travelingbees-box for transport of bee-colonies and recommends a typicaldesign of such a box. It covers two sizes of such a box toaccommodate 8 brood frames of Type A and Type B as specified in IS1515 : 1969.

2 References

IS 2 :1960 Rules for rounding offnumerical values

IS 303 : 1960Specification for plywood for general purposes

IS 399 : 1963Classification of commercial timbers and their zonaldistribution

IS 1141 : 1958 Codeof practice for seasoning of timber

IS 1515 : 1969Specification for beehives