> 1. i ordered plastic foundation from dadant and some from kelly foundation from one was listed as honey foundation i was wanting to know if their was a difference from brood foundation or can i use this will queen lay in it if there is where can i get medium brood
If you want small cell size, you need to either get the Mann Lake PF100 series (PF 120s for mediums) or the small cell wax. "medium brood" is a reference, not to the dimensions of the foundation, but to the thickness of the wax. Dadant, Brushy mt. ect. all have medium depth small cell foundation as well as medium depth standard size.
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesnaturalcell.htm#foundationtoday> 2. can i use frames with grooved top and bottom bar frames (already have) glue and nail in popsicle sticks as suggested by Michael Bush or will bottom grove be a problem
The bottom groove is not a "problem" per se, but I prefer to avoid it by buying my frames from Walter T. Kelley with no grooves in the bottom bar. But I use all the frames I have and about half have a groove in them...
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfoundationless.htm> 3. is it best to alternate one frame with foundation and then one foundationless frame
No. It's best to use all foundationless if you want natural comb, but if you want to put ONE frame with foundation in to establish a straight line, it might be helpful.
> 4. to do a split from deep to a medium do you have to just shake bees and make sort of a package with a queen or cell
Going from one size to another is always a pain. I either feed mediums into the deep and then cut the comb off the bottom and tie it in when I move it. Or put the deeps in two mediums with some mediums in there as well and cut some of the comb off the bottom of the deeps... or just do a cutout on the deeps and tie the brood comb into mediums...
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesferal.htm#moving> 5. on new hives should you feed after flow to get foundation drawn to have at least 1 full box of drawn comb some of my hives only have 5 frames drawn
If there is a dearth and you're trying to get comb drawn, you may want to feed. But keep in mind there are several dowsides to this plan. Probably the biggest is that in a dearth feeding can easily set off robbing. Next there is the pH of syrup and the microbes. This will upset the balance of the hive. Third there is the issue of nutrition. Is sugar syrup really as nutritious as nectar?
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfeeding.htm