Do I force the bees to build bigger cells because of the starter strips?
No. You don’t.
And don’t get too hung up on cell size. The evidence is mixed and left to
themselves with just a starter strip the bees will work it out.
Gareth
On 11 Jun 2020, at 14:17, Stefanie Taeumer <stefanietaeumer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My bees are in a National brood box with foundationless frames which have a
top wedge on which I smeared some wax to get them started. I couldn't get
similar super frames, no wedge. So I have been cutting up foundation sheets
into small starter strips, about 1cm wide. As I have been reading about
natural cell size being smaller than foundation cell size my question is
(hopefully not too stupid): Do I force the bees to build bigger cells because
of the starter strips?
Stefanie
