Use 8 combs for a Langstroth box, in the supers. 10 in the brood chamber.
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At 11:36 AM 07/03/1998 -0500, Ian Watson wrote:
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>We normally use excluders because we don't want brood in the honey supers. We
>have found that the wax moths tend to prefer comb that has had brood in it.
I think
>it may be safe to NOT use an excluder if there is a wide enough band of
honey at
>the top of the brood chamber, since it is said the queen won't cross the
honey to
>lay. Anyone have some comments about that?
>
>Just my 2 cents....;)
>
>Ian Watson [log in to unmask]
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>beekeeper---> 6 colonies and counting
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