Are you giving them some type of guide? If you give them something to build off of they're much less likely to go crooked. Try a strip of wax or foundation embedded in the bar. Regards, Bosaiya .....designs to knock you out..... http://www.knockoutproductions.com -----Original Message----- From: Roger Flanders <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 7:50 AM Subject: Crooked New Comb in TBHs >Can anything be done to encourage straight comb-building in top bar >hives after the colonies have begun building comb "off-center"? I'm >experimenting with two TBHs this year. Both colonies were installed >4/14, and both are building beautiful new comb, but their combs are >about 30-degrees off parallel. Each comb is attached across two or >three top bars. Obviously, I'd like to correct this problem before >much more new comb is built. >--Rog Flanders, Nemaha County, Nebraska >