A number of years ago a friend if mine told me that he put old used fromes with wires into his nuc boxes, 5 frame and 4 frame, and made splits into them. The splits raised its own queen and the combs came out mostly worker brood. If you put a comb into a colony that is queen right, a comb with a mouse whole or one that you cut out yourself, the bees seem to mostly draw drone brood. Don't ask me why, ask the bees.

>has anyone tried lettting the bees produce their combs from scratch (no
foundation) in empty Langstroth frames in standard equitment?




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