On Tue, 14 May 1996, Ivan McGill wrote:
 
> The use of a empty frame seems to be a good way to get comb honey at the
> peak of the honey flow. One time a forgot to put a frame back, was in a
> hurry, the built a good comb from the inner cover down to the next frame.
 
I alternate a drawn frame and a frame with a narrow (1/2")
starter strip.  This usually gets the fine comb drawn in the
frame instead of at right angles to it, which the bees so often
seem to prefer -- perverse creatures, bees.
 
Bees don't much like working sections -- that's one reason why
the street price is so high.
 
Regards,
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