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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 443" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>its fairly common but i think there listed "results" are more BS than anything.</p><p>its simply another method of expanding a hive and also drawing out frames better.</p><p></p><p>if you put foundation straight on it acts as a block and they hive will tend to stay under it which causes over crowding, which is a major factor in swarming. by alternating it still lets the bees come up the boxes. also because the foundation frames are next to good fully drawn out frames it helps the frames get drawn out nicely. a box of foundation often ends up with some frames drawn out short and the one next to it drawn out longer. at worse it can interlock the frames.</p><p></p><p>the alternative is "laddering" where you put drawn out frames in the centre of the box, with the foundation frames on the outside, to create a path for bees to go up into the boxes above.</p><p>there is a variations of the theme such as putting capped honey to the outside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 443, member: 30"] its fairly common but i think there listed "results" are more BS than anything. its simply another method of expanding a hive and also drawing out frames better. if you put foundation straight on it acts as a block and they hive will tend to stay under it which causes over crowding, which is a major factor in swarming. by alternating it still lets the bees come up the boxes. also because the foundation frames are next to good fully drawn out frames it helps the frames get drawn out nicely. a box of foundation often ends up with some frames drawn out short and the one next to it drawn out longer. at worse it can interlock the frames. the alternative is "laddering" where you put drawn out frames in the centre of the box, with the foundation frames on the outside, to create a path for bees to go up into the boxes above. there is a variations of the theme such as putting capped honey to the outside. [/QUOTE]
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