Thanks Gareth!
Stefanie
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 2:53 PM Gareth John <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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:
have a top wedge on which I smeared some wax to get them started. I
My bees are in a National brood box with foundationless frames which
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
