On 3-Sep-13, at 12:27 PM, allen wrote: >> > > Any comments about frame spacing? > Hi Allen and all I thought, when I read the label information posted, that putting the strips between frames in a 10 frame brood box, with space on either side so that bees would be walking on both sides, is someone's pipe dream (at least in Canada). Here, where I live, hive boxes are made from 7/8" lumber. The inside measurement is therefore 14 7/8". Ten 1" frames and eleven 7/16" spaces takes up 14 13/16", leaving a whole 1/16" wiggle room. Now, when you insert the strip, you are dividing the 7/16" space in half with a strip that is almost 1/8" thick(as I recall) . I have always used 9 frames in both honey and brood boxes. The resulting space between the frames is almost 1/2". The bees draw out deeper cells putting the bee space back to 7/16", but only in the honey band at the top of the frames. The Apivar strips should have sufficient room adjacent to the brood. Bob Darrell Caledon Ontario Canada 44N80W *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html