>
>Running 9 frames will buy you room to move initially, but eventually the
>bees will build fatter combs, propolize the space between the end bars, and
>built more burr comb.  Then you're back to the original problem; frames that
>are too tight with no room to move.  The real trick here is to push your
>frames tightly back together after examining the hive.  If you leave gaps,
>the bees will fill it in.
>
>Aaron Morris


If you run 9 combs, don't space them evenly to fill the hive body. If you
do, then they will become as Aaron states. Rather, push them together
toward the middle, leaving extra space at the outsides. The combs will be
spaced properly, and the first comb can be easily removed by moving over an
outside comb. The two outside spaces will get burr comb built in them, but
so what. They are the least used combs anyway.

Mike

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