bees building double and cross combs

Started by gardeningfireman, June 02, 2011, 12:58:55 AM

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gardeningfireman

I put a swarm into a TBH about a week ago. They have built comb on 5 bars. Unfortunately, they are building double combs and crossing over to the next bar! The queen is laying good and I don't want to rip out all their work, but I can't remove the bars one at a time to examine them without ripping the new combs. What to do?

Michael Bush

I bet your bars are somewhere between 1 3/8" and 1 1/2".  That's why I went to 1 1/4".  What kind of comb guide do you have?  It's worth having some frames around to tie errant combs into.
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gardeningfireman

The bars are 1 3/8 inch and I use popsicle sticks rubbed with wax for starter strips.