Robo, my husband cut out 9 of the plastic frames. The frames are very rigid, absolutely no way that they could be flimsy. Too tough. I have not had a chance to go into the colonies to give one frame to each one, too rainy. But what I did do was give one to the nuc I made that is bent on drawing comb in the inner frame feeder. I took out the inner frame feeder, gave them a baggie feeder of s.s. and put this frame in the positon that the frame feeder was. That was the day of the colony starvation number, so next sunny day I am going to see how they like it. They are surely in comb drawing mode, this little (not so little anymore) nuc. Going great guns, I am going to soon have to give it a super. Yeah!!! Have a wonderful day, great life. Cindi