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>I have talked to Nick at Pierco about this. Apparently there is no
>solution. It is not a problem caused by inappropriate frame spacing,
>but just an idiosyncrasy of the Pierco frame. Perhaps any plastic frame?
I think I know what's going on here. I, too, had a super with mixed wood
and Pierco frames. Only the Pierco frames were getting comb built on the
tops connecting to the super above. What I realized was, the Pierco
frames when new have a thick layer of beeswax on the _top_ of the frames.
Wood frames, of course, don't have this. I guess when they coat the
Pierco frames with wax, they just dunk them in a vat of melted beeswax.
Now, when I install new Pierco frames, I scrape off any beeswax on the
top, sides, and bottom of the frames. Sometimes quite a lot comes off.
This has improved things considerably.
Mike Killoran --------------------
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(617) 981-2667 (Lexington, MA USA) Prediction is tough.
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