Thornes foundationless frames

[Bird-dog]

Has anyone had experiences of using Thornes foudationless brood frames, and if so, how did you get on with them?

 

[pargyle]

No ... But why bother paying a premium for these ? Just buy normal frames and either use starter strips of wax or cut the strips off that hold the foundation in place and use one of them as the starter strip. You can bet that you won't find foundationless frames in the sales.. whereas 'normal' frames you will.

 

[pargyle]

However, if you are looking for whether foundationless, generally, works - plenty of us - including me - run foundationless. If you do a search of the forum on 'Foundationless' there are loads of threads ...

The standard goto thread was Tom Bick's

https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/foundationless-beekeeping.27494/

 

[JamezF]

I use standard (seconds) frames with a couple of 3mm bamboo skewers to provide a little more support for the comb and lolly sticks/tongue depressors held in by the wedge to give an "edge" for the bees to work from. Last time I checked what Thorne were charging for their "foundationless" stuff I was horrified by the cost even compared with "non-seconds" frames.

James

 

[user 819]

If one has some manky comb , cut it all out bar a strip along the top as this is already well secured. The bees during a flow and esp a swarm will draw out nice comb but one can expect at times more drone comb then normal.

 

[JamezF]

If one has some manky comb , cut it all out bar a strip along the top as this is already well secured. The bees during a flow and esp a swarm will draw out nice comb but one can expect at times more drone comb then normal.

Or, depending on which way you look at it, they'll draw out a normal amount of drone comb

James

 

[Erichalfbee]

Thornes foudationless brood frames

Thorne make these?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Thorne make these?

they do seem to cater for the gullible element of beekeeping.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Heavens, yes. They just gave the wedge turned round. Twice the price of a flat pack

 

[JamezF]

Heavens, yes. They just gave the wedge turned round. Twice the price of a flat pack

I think they made it triangular in cross-section too

James

 

[Bird-dog]

Thanks all for your feedback