Lloyd Spear wrote:
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> There was recently some good discussion involving use of drawn frames,
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> How to produce good combs?
> Some of the methods are:
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>   4.. Dedicate certain hives to nothing but drawing foundation and others to
> production.
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This is an interesting point and one I experimented with this past
summer after discovering one hive doing a better job of production and
another hive doing better at building comb. As a matter of fact, the
strong production hive drew weird comb patterns and lots of cross comb.
The comb building hive drew the most perfect looking cells you could
ever hope for but, they weren't interested in filling them. So, I would
transfer the near perfect comb to the production hive and give
foundation to the comb builders - worked like a charm. I used this
technique right up to late fall ending up with both hives well stocked
for the winter.


AL