--- Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is a perennial question.
>
> You should always draw 10 frames the first year, and
> then use 9 drawn combs thereafter. It DOES make a
difference.
I agree with Aaron, however with a cavat. 10 frames
the first time until they are drawn out. Once drawn
out you can reduce to 9 or 8. In some cases that can
be the same year they are drawn.
You start with 10 so that the bees won't draw cross
comb with the unusual spacing provided by 9 or 8 frame
foundation starts.
Mike in LA
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