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colbees
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May 28, 2012, 09:47:37 pm »
My bees are building comb in between two of the frames is this ok and what should I do?
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FRAMEshift
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Quote from: colbees on May 28, 2012, 09:47:37 pm
My bees are building comb in between two of the frames is this ok and what should I do?
It is definitely not ok. Cut out the burr comb and push the frames close together. Extra space between frames encourages extra comb.
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BlueBee
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May 29, 2012, 12:08:54 am »
As Frameshift says, get to fixing that problem now before it becomes a major mess. My bees will do that sometimes on plastic foundation that isn’t waxed very well.
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AllenF
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May 29, 2012, 11:52:18 am »
Always remove bad comb and remove it early.
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tefer2
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May 29, 2012, 01:35:26 pm »
A bucket comes in handy for all your burr comb. I always have one with me when working them.
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May 29, 2012, 01:41:41 pm »
I am puzzled as to why some bees build perfect comb and others with equipment from the same batch will build crazy comb. I find that just scraping it off usually does not work. I swap frames with one from another hive.
Steve
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