In a message dated 96-06-11 19:59:52 EDT, you write:
 
>We're beginners at all this.  We installed our bees into their hive
>successfully, but we are having a problem with the workers bridging between
>the top bars and hanging a comb from it between the frames.  When a frame is
>removed from the super the burr comb breaks off.  The frames are pushed as
>close together as they will go. We hate to see them wasting all this energy.
>How can we prvent this?
>
>
 
If the hive has at least five frames of bees on drawn comb you can place a
sheet of foundation  between the drawn combs and it will keep them from
drawing it from the top bars. Only place one frame into the drawn comb of the
brood nest brood nest at a time as it is not good to disrupt the brood nest
to much.
 
Dean Breaux
Hybri-Bees