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<blockquote><strong class="quote">Allen Engle wrote:</strong> <P>Tim,</P> <P>Sorry about the delay, just saw this post. It's comb that the bees drew out incorrectly (according to we beekeepers (crosscomb or frankencomb in the vernacular)) then are raising a few babies, in the pupal stage. It sometimes happens, especially on new foundation when there's too much space between the frames. I usually say that you should scrape off the misshapen comb and put the foundation next to some drawn out comb to get it closer to a bee space gap. Remember that the bees don't "think" there's anything wrong so will not "correct" it without your intervention. If not "corrected" they will continue to build even more cross comb making it impossible to inspect or manipulate without causing a lot of damage and mess.</P> <P>A second philosophy that some experienced beekeepers successfully adhere to is to is to orient the frames to magnetic North/South to reduce the crosscombing tendency.</P> <P>Good luck.</P> </blockquote><br>
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