How to change a hive from foundation to foundationless?

[harvey]

How would I change a hive that is already on drawn plasticell to foundationless?   

[Hethen57]

Start swapping out frames in between the drawn Plasticel frames...I did some of that on one of my hives today.  You can also cut out the centers, or the bottom 3/4 of the frames you remove, and put them back in to be drawn out by bees.  I haven't tried that, but there is a good discussion of the various methods on Michael Bush's site.

[Michael Bush]

Feed empty frames between two brood combs.  Pull empty frames and frames of honey out of the brood nest as you go.  If there is a flow of pollen and honey, you can pull them.  This is also great swarm control...

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesnaturalcell.htm#whatisregression
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfoundationless.htm

[harvey]

Thanks again,  I think I will use the old comb once it is cleaned for swarm boxes and begin transitioning to all natural,   One reason though not a great one for the bee's but last year when I caught my first swarm I was amazed that after two days in a cardboard box they had three large pieces of comb in the box already!  It was the whitest and coolest looking comb I have ever seen.  Now when I look at the draw comb on the plasticell I don't see the same thing.  To manmade looking maybe.  Don't know but want to try what the bee's do on there own.