>>>  ...those of you, who run nine frames in a 10 frame box, are there any issues, do you have to take any special precautions,

I run 10 frame brood boxes.
If you move hives frequently, perhaps 
10 frames is best, -9 frames could 
shift and injure a queen.

>I think the basic convention is to get the bees to draw out foundation in a ten frame configuration and then, once drawn out, pull a frame and let the bees work the super in the nine frame modification.  

I will move from 10 to 9 in the supers as 
soon as comb is drawn, I will occasionally 
I will run 8 frames in supers.

This seems the correct thread for me to ask
a question for the comb honey producers.
There as been a long running debate concerning 
the 10 or 9 frame spacing. An old time beekeeper 
who produced comb honey stated that when he 
was ready to run comb honey production, he would 
add a tenth frame in the broodboxes.  He claimed 
that the narrow spacing in the broodnest crowded
the bees and also inhibited the colonies ability extend 
cells to store more honey in the broodnest area, -and 
this, he claimed, tended to force the bees in the supers 
to work comb sections.  Is this a procedure that anyone 
here implements?
Of do you agree or disagree with this old-timers claim?   

Best Wishes
Joe Waggle

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