Starter strips and comb honey

[amandrea]

In my surplus box I alternated full sheets of wax and starter strips. My bees have been drawing their comb out so deeply that it was runinng into the next frame from which they removed the wax. Fortunately I caught this in time and removed one of the ten frames and spaced out the remaining nine.
My customers for the comb honey are ordering ahead and giving high praise to what they had previously perchased. MY wife sold it all in twenty minites at the beauty shop. One little jiggalo slicked her and got a 1/2 pound piece in exchange for 4 buttons he had in his pocket and a big hug. His come on line, "I like Pooh."

[Michael Bush]

I would put just one frame of foundation in the box of starter strips as a ladder.  They will do the same thing if you give them alternating frames of drawn comb and foundation.  There is really no limit to how deep they will drawn honey storage combs and they will always add to an existing one before they will draw a new one.

[Brian D. Bray]

In my surplus box I alternated full sheets of wax and starter strips. My bees have been drawing their comb out so deeply that it was runinng into the next frame from which they removed the wax. Fortunately I caught this in time and removed one of the ten frames and spaced out the remaining nine.

This always happens when you mix types of frames, they work what they prefer and ignore the other.  I would recommend using either all foundation, all foundationless, all plastic, or all of whatever you choose, but all of it not some of this and some of that.  When they start to over draw a frame put the frame with the longeest comb to the outside.  Outside frames are always storage frames and the wall side is always longer than the inner side due to spacing of frames.

My customers for the comb honey are ordering ahead and giving high praise to what they had previously perchased. MY wife sold it all in twenty minites at the beauty shop. One little jiggalo slicked her and got a 1/2 pound piece in exchange for 4 buttons he had in his pocket and a big hug. His come on line, "I like Pooh."

If your customers want the longer cut comb (aka chunk honey) honey then you can use the nine frame format, this is what it was originally created for.