Kuntzsch (Frame Size)
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The Kuntzsch frame is an older German frame size that was widespread above all in Saxony, Thuringia, and neighboring areas, where it is still used in part today.
The Kuntzsch frame is an older German frame size that was widespread above all in Saxony, Thuringia, and neighboring areas, where it is still used in part today. It goes back to the beekeeper Gustav Kuntzsch.
There are two versions with the same comb area of about 713 square centimeters. Kuntzsch wide, also called Kuntzsch normal, measures 335 by 250 millimeters, and Kuntzsch tall measures 250 by 335 millimeters. So it is essentially the same frame, just used rotated by ninety degrees.
This puts its comb area between the German Normal Measure and Zander. The tall version forms a tall, narrow brood nest, which is considered climatically favorable in the cold season, because the colony in its winter cluster can move upward into its stores instead of sideways.
Anyone taking over used equipment from eastern Germany should measure it. Kuntzsch frames fit neither Zander nor German Normal Measure boxes, and the supply of foundation and accessories is much more limited than for the common sizes.