What no frames!!

[enrico]

This is what happens when you run out of frames. Found this in an old hive that a beekeeping colleague has taken on!!! Adds to the interest!
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[newportbuzz]

nice little mess you have there. Are you going to cut and fix or brood above and wait?

 

[wightbees]

looks pretty normal to me!

 

[enrico]

We had already put a brood above and this was just before we moved them all into it. Successfully....

 

[hombal]

Damn that's cool!

 

[newportbuzz]

v nice.

 

[Andre cardona]

how long would you say its been like that looks like new frames

 

[sugarbush]

Is the yellow and blue plastic frame spacers? That is a nice touch

 

[keith pierce]

it what i would expect what the inside of a warre hive too look like. A mess.

 

[oliver90owner]

it what i would expect what the inside of a warre hive too look like.

With a Warre I don't expect it makes a jot of difference - crush and strain for extraction is the order of the day so who would really care?

Set against that the boxes are smaller and starter strips are offered. If the TBH people can avoid cross combing, the Warres also should have a good chance too. I have seen pics of nice traight comb - but one would not expect there to be too many pics of cross combed boxes from the advocates of the system!

RAB

 

[Onge]

Well here's one box that didn't go straight . (added box on top to try and slow them down a bit. Normally under super.)

Took them about 3 weeks to draw and cap (this was earlier in the season)

Going to try and get some cut comb the rest crush and strain.

All my other foundation less frames are nice and straight. So far

 

[beeatshellards]

mmm.. see what you mean ,you havent fed your bees on mead have you ??:

 

[Dishmop]

Good job they cant hang wallpaper.

 

[Dishmop]

what i would expect what the inside of a warre hive too look like. A mess.

Thats what I would expect the inside of any hive to look like if there were frames missing.

 

[drstitson]

"Going to try and get some cut comb the rest crush and strain."

don't look to far off (albeit with some crossing over). are the frames fully drawn down to bottom bar? can you not just cut between the frames. spin then "uncap" rest and spin again. crush and strain anything remaining.

 

[sugarbush]

don't look to far off (albeit with some crossing over). are the frames fully drawn down to bottom bar? can you not just cut between the frames. spin then "uncap" rest and spin again. crush and strain anything remaining.

Not too far off? Counting up from the bottom frame 5s comb has a nice Y in it and crosses down to frame 3 and up to frame 8

 

[sugarbush]

See attached pic:

@ onge

What are you using as a guide on your foundationless frames for them?

 

[drstitson]

accepted - but lots of the frames have good long single runs or at least two good long runs.

if the comb is stable why not give it a go before crushing. nothing to lose if it all falls apart but defo something to gain.

maybe uncapping with a heat gun may be order of the day.

 

[Dishmop]

The honey factory machine in another thread springs to mind.. Turn it on its side and push the all the frames out in one go.......

or cut between the frames with a breadknife.

 

[drstitson]

"or cut between the frames with a breadknife."

precisely.