RICHARD BARNES wrote:
 
> The bees seem to want to only work on the drawn
> comb frames or will only draw one frame of foundation at a time and are
> getting over kill on the depth of the wax.   We have been very dry in SW
> Oklahoma this year, could this be part of the problem?
 
Hi Richard,
 
Yes when you get a honey flow the bees will draw your foundation. They
don't often produce wax until there is a flow. Then of course there is
difference between strains of bees, some do build comb without a flow.
But mostly not to any larger degree.
 
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