Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: CpnObvious on May 27, 2014, 12:15:59 pm
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To the point:
If you watch the way they orient the comb in the frame, they're twisting and turning it every which way to make it fit. Don't the cells have a slight in-and-down angle to them? When these guys put a bunch in, they're framing it upside-down and sideways from how it was naturally hanging. What will the bees do with this mess they're creating?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIQmCakwcRY
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I think you are right. They are putting that comb in upside down. My first and only cutout I have done, I forgot and didn't orient the comb correctly. It didn't work. I would love to know how this hive turned out.
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The queen will not lay in it anymore and the thin nectar will run out.
Most want to "slice and dice" the comb the easiest way to fit the frame. I always keep it upright and sometimes that is a royal pain cutting it into small squares instead of long strips.