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Offline Tomc938

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I am getting ready for my first season of keeping bees.  I've been busy building hive bodies, etc.  The last couple of days I have been assembling frames and getting the other little bits ready to go. 

When I put the frames in the hive I think the bodies I built (from plans in a book) are too wide.  With the frames pushed together, there is 1/2" between the inside of the hive body and the widest part of the frame.  I know you need space to move frames to work in a hive, but this looks like a little too much.  How much space should you have?  I will attach a picture, but I'm not sure if it will be attached to the message or somewhere else on the board.

Also, how much free-play do you want on the ends of the frames? Mine seem a bit tight.

Thanks for the help!

Tom

Offline Tomc938

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Please ignore this post - as I was wandering around on the board I found a thread that ended up answering my question!

If I could have just deleted the post I would have.

Have a great spring!

Tom

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Hey Tom, No need to apologize. It's good that you're trying to do it right. Just a bit of advice - don't over complicate it. I can say that to you because I'm so guilty of the same thing. Hang in there, keeping bees is such a good past time.
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A 1/2" gap total in the box is pretty good. Slide them so that there is a 1/4" gap on both sides. That will allow you to remove the first/end frame without rolling bees and then you leave it out and inspect the rest of the frames. Bees will be happier.
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Offline sc-bee

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You found the answer to your question....... so you now know when they draw the frames the space will be gone  :wink:

If you want to delete a post in the future before anyone responds...just go to modify and remove the text and type in deleted... I actually had to look because I thought attachments and other options at the bottom had a delete option...
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