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

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-----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
>