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Agility Mom:
She put hers in empty it seemed. Is that a possibility or do you need the drone foundation?
Thanks for the information.
Jay:
If you use drone foundation, you can be more sure of the size of comb they will draw. Without it, they may just draw worker sized comb, and the mites of course are more attracted to drone cells because they take 3 more days to develope. :D
Michael Bush:
I put empty frames in all the time to get natural sized comb. IF the bees have been restricted by the use of foundation to less drone cells than they want they willd draw all or most of a frame full of drone. But if they have as much drone as they require, they will draw an entire comb of worker brood with a little drone in the bottom corners. They might even draw it half drone and half worker if they need SOME drone comb but not the whole frame.
If you want to increase the odds of an entire sheet of drone (for freezing etc) then I'd use the drone foundation.
TwT:
check out the hornet video up top
Jay:
That's just wrong!!
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