rolande
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Warres and seeking advice about grafting frames into a different frame size ... you only have to look at the photos at Post #9 from Rolande to see how well that works !
Yes, you're right, it works perfectly well. There are of course tricks to make it work well which is why I used my own practical experience in the hope of making the op's progress smoother.
Its really simple stuff, no different to Manley's description of tieing bs into dadant frames (although those of us who've tried that with modern frames know that it can't be done without slightly shortening the bs topbar - not sure why, the only clear explanation being that the dadant sidebars manley was using were thinner than the current ones).
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Its a simple transitory step using resources at hand. A healthy colony will expand into a new warre box quickly which then leaves the miniplus frames and additional comb built on the sides free for removal.
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