Same thing happened on my new hive this year. When placing my new queen cage
in the hive, I left out one frame for a total of nine. Within a week, I had
bridge comb and comb resembling a mushroom being built off the side of the
one with the largest gap. The queen would hide under there until I removed
those bridges and the mushroom. When I placed the tenth frame in, they
proceeded to build normal comb, which made it easy to monitor their
progress.

Buddy Gauthier

Computer Systems Analyst / Bee Hobbyist
Cameco Industries, Inc.
Thibodaux, LA  70301
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        I saw this in my friends hive last year.  He had frame spacers
        in his honey supers, and inserted 9 frames of foundation.

        Rod Billett
        Lexington, SC