Hi Grant:

This last spring I thought it would be interesting to do a top bar
hive. The hive is oriented north-south with a south facing entrance.
So, the top bars were then oriented east-west. I put starter strips in
some of the bars at the center of the hive. A few days after hiving the
bees, I checked to see how things were doing. The bees had moved to the
rear of the hive, completely ignoring the starter strips and began
making their comb in a north-south direction.  I had to go in and cut
the new comb pieces off and attach them to the east-west oriented top
bars, after which the bees did do it my way.

Regards,
Dick Allen

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