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Offline hoku

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bees changing cell size after drawing it out
« on: June 25, 2009, 03:38:07 pm »
recently I did a trapout.  Before the queen emerged and was mated, there was a flow on, and the bees built out about 8 frames of mostly very large cell comb for honey storage.   My question is, will the bees re-tool this comb into something smaller for the queen to lay in, or should I pull out some frames and have them start over?  (I use starter strips, if that is relevant.) 

The queen is finding some places to lay, I noticed, in about 3 of the frames so far, but I didnt notice if these were big cells before she layed in them.  They look like normal worker size currently.

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Re: bees changing cell size after drawing it out
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2009, 04:09:59 pm »
Just be sure they have room to build Without pulling any frames out. If all frames are full, add a box. They will arrange things the way they want them.
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Re: bees changing cell size after drawing it out
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 06:30:42 pm »
Bees seldom retool any comb unless they are desperate for something.
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