Survey of cells per side of foundaiton

[Foxhound]

I'm pulling some information together to compare different types of foundation and cell count and I need your help.

If you would, count how many cells one sided your brand new foundation has (ie: count one row and one column and multiply together).

Reply back with that info, the type of foundation (plastic, wax) and the supplier. Thanks so much for your help.

[BeeMaster2]

You are asking a lot.
There is no way to count cells on a new frame with bees all over it.
you might ask for the number of cells in a certain measurement instead.
Jim

[Barhopper]

I think he asking before you put it in the hive.

[herbhome]

There are tables available on the web for calculating cells per square inch according to cell size. If memory serves 5.1 mm works out to about 25 per square inch. At least that is the number I usually use.

[bwallace23350]

My honey super frames are coming in hopefully today. I will count them for you but it will be different than my ten inch deep frames.

[AR Beekeeper]

5.1 mm cell size has 28.64 per square inch.  25 per square inch is closer to 5.4 mm.  The average size for Pierco black deep frames is 5.25, the average foundation cell size in the 1930s was 5.3 mm which is what the white medium Pierco is today.  A 5.3 mm size cell has 26.52 cells per square inch.

Allen Dick, a Canadian beekeeper, has a printable chart on his website.

[herbhome]

5.1 mm cell size has 28.64 per square inch.  25 per square inch is closer to 5.4 mm.  The average size for Pierco black deep frames is 5.25, the average foundation cell size in the 1930s was 5.3 mm which is what the white medium Pierco is today.  A 5.3 mm size cell has 26.52 cells per square inch.

Allen Dick, a Canadian beekeeper, has a printable chart on his website.

Thanks for having that, my memory is getting poorer as I get older

[Foxhound]

Yea, i'm referring to the impressions on the unused foundation. Not the ones that have already been drawn out.

[Michael Bush]

Every other row is the same, but the in between ones are different amounts.  The cells fit inside each other.  The math is not as simple as you think, but if you want to know the number of cells on a frame:
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfaqs.htm#cellsonaframe