Drone comb under/above frames

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Hethen57

June 26, 2009, 01:20:13 PM
I've seen some say to leave the burr comb on an inspection because they will just build it again, but it seems like after you've pulled a brood box and torn it apart and then smash it back down when you put the box back, that it creates a huge mess of smashed drone larva.  Plus it makes it hard to do an orderly inspection with all that junk.  My thought is that I should clean all that stuff out when I inspect to prevent it from really getting out of hand.  Also seem like my bees want to attach all the frames together and you can't pull a frame without destroying these bridges, but if you don't pull the frames to check on things, why even open it up.  What are your thoughts on dealing with this? :?

It definately gets more complicated doing an inspection when you get 3 or 4 boxes stacked (as discussed in the other recent post).
-Mike

iddee

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June 26, 2009, 01:25:46 PM
Clean it up, then correct your bee space between the boxes and don't let them run out of empty space. Then there will be very little, if any, built back.
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Joelel

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June 26, 2009, 01:26:22 PM
Quote from: Hethen57 on June 26, 2009, 01:20:13 PM
I've seen some say to leave the burr comb on an inspection because they will just build it again, but it seems like after you've pulled a brood box and torn it apart and then smash it back down when you put the box back, that it creates a huge mess of smashed drone larva.  Plus it makes it hard to do an orderly inspection with all that junk.  My thought is that I should clean all that stuff out when I inspect to prevent it from really getting out of hand.  Also seem like my bees want to attach all the frames together and you can't pull a frame without destroying these bridges, but if you don't pull the frames to check on things, why even open it up.  What are your thoughts on dealing with this? :?

It definately gets more complicated doing an inspection when you get 3 or 4 boxes stacked (as discussed in the other recent post).

Always remove the burr off the top of the frames and the cover,if you don't you will mash bees when you put the cover back.
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Hethen57

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June 27, 2009, 01:08:36 AM
Iddee..I think you are onto something there...I must have slightly too much bee space between my boxes.  I made all my own equipment and I may have gone slightly too tall on the sides, and maybe slightly deep on those particular frame rests.  I will make an exact set and then exchange them with the ones on there so I can solve that problem.
-Mike
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