Are you giving them some type of guide? If you give them something to build
off of they're much less likely to go crooked. Try a strip of wax or
foundation embedded in the bar.
Regards,
Bosaiya
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Flanders <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 7:50 AM
Subject: Crooked New Comb in TBHs
>Can anything be done to encourage straight comb-building in top bar
>hives after the colonies have begun building comb "off-center"? I'm
>experimenting with two TBHs this year. Both colonies were installed
>4/14, and both are building beautiful new comb, but their combs are
>about 30-degrees off parallel. Each comb is attached across two or
>three top bars. Obviously, I'd like to correct this problem before
>much more new comb is built.
>--Rog Flanders, Nemaha County, Nebraska
>