Dave from SC wrote:
>One time I had a new bee inspector (with a PhD no less), who
> pulled a frame right out of the middle to start. You might get away
> with that with a nuc or a package newly started, but this was a good
> hive with plenty of burr comb along the top bars, and the queen
> could easily get rolled this way.

This prompts me to ask a somewhat related question.  I recently watched a
video where a reputable queen breeder advocated using only 9 frames in
standard brood chambers to provide more space in between frames so as to
lessen the risk of accidently rolling a queen.  Are 9 frames better than 10
in this regard ? My intuition tells me the bees would draw out the 9 frames
deeper to re-establish the bee space.

Waldemar
Long Island, NY

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