Hi All Elizabeths thread about spacing gave me an idea. I often get a bit of drone comb in the supers, but have noticed how bees well never place two sections of drone comb next to each other in the brood box, but do in my 9 frame supers. So does anybody out there who breeds queens use 9 frame spacing in the brood boxes, say pushing a bit of a gap around the drone frames inserted near the brood nest centre?? Theoretically this would allow for more drone brood production as one could get facing frames both with drone brood?? Keep well Garth Garth Cambray Camdini Apiaries Grahamstown Apis mellifera capensis Eastern Cape Prov. South Africa Time = Honey