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<blockquote>Allen Engle wrote:

Tim,

Sorry about the delay, just saw this post.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; It sometimes happens, especially on new foundation when there's too much space between the frames.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Remember that the bees don't "think" there's anything wrong so will not "correct" it without your intervention.&nbsp; 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.

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.

Good luck.
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