The setup- on a FULL deep, I tried to add a medium to give the girls some room but they didn't like it and refused to draw the first bit of comb (plastic foundation from a different supplier). I thought it was the foundation and I didn't have any wax to paint it with, so I ordered some of the foundation I had in my deep. (they didn't seem to have a problem with it) I thought that I would try an experiment and replace four frames with the good stuff and add a couple of foundation-less frames to see which they would build on first. Nada, Zip, they weren't gonna play. It was suggested that I put the medium on the bottom to see if they would do anything. A week later I did a quick check and discovered they had started to build on the good stuff and the foundation-less so I left them alone for two weeks and checked that bottom box more thoroughly last week. What I discovered was, the original foundation was drawn just a touch, the good stuff was mostly drawn but had just a spot or two of honey and pollen but no eggs or brood, but both the foundation-less frames were fully drawn top to bottom with capped brood both sides. All drones! Evidently they all hatched cause I watched the girls kicking them to the curb for the last two days. Will they use that comb for anything else or should I just wait for them to refill it and pull it for mite control?