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>I have a couple of hives that have chewed cell
>walls down to the foundation in areas as large as a hand-span in several
>combs where the surroundings are packed with brood.
>Can anything be done to get the bees to rebuild the
>cells?


I see that once and a while in my hives, rotating the comb in the brood box
seem to salve the problem for me.  Perhaps the culprit is bee space between
the frames?

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