At 02:29 AM 7/12/96 +0000, you wrote:
>I have always found that the absolute best time to get good comb drawn was in
>the middel of a strong nectar flow.  While one can get some comb drawn by
>heavy feeding in the absence of a nectar flow, the result has almost never
>struck me as worth the effort (you get a lot of cross comb).  Accordingly, I
>always get my new frames drawn out during a nectar flow.   True, you will
>lose some potential crop, but you gan the drawn comb for future use.
>
>W. G. Miller
>Gaithersburg, MD
>
Hi
 
Every year I get perfect new comb drawn during Late July and August during a
darth.  I wait until they start kicking out the drones,  then they draw only
worker comb.  The key is to never let them run out of syrup until the comb
is drawn, filled and capped.  Don't let the queen at this comb unless you
are getting it drawn out in a NUC brood chamber.  I keep a queen excluder
below the new comb until October so that this is used as winter stores but
get used after the honey gathered during the fall flow.  I also add Fumidil
once they start storing the syrup/honey.  This is a good way to have the
fumidil in the hive during the winter at the biggining of the build up.
 
Frank Humphrey
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