Dean (Deknow):
when one only gives the bees worker foundation,
> and culls anything that has "too much drone" on it
> (for the beekeeper...clearly not for the bees), the bees
> have no choice but to keep putting drones between boxes.

reply:
Right. It makes for plenty of burr comb and messes for working bees. YOu take SC foundation and put a 1/4 to 1/2 inch gap at the bottom above a solid bottom bar and let the bees have option of drawing out either drone or worker cells, you end up with more drone throughout the active beekeeping year for queening purposes. You get not only earlier drones but later ones too for a longer breeding year. You also eliminate when used with Housel Positioning over 95% of burr comb with drones being made, then couple this with proper spacing between frames with 10-11 frames to a box and proper spacing between supers/boxes and the hives become a delight to work without all the breaking apart routine that only makes bees upset for working.

Dee 


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