From the rear of the hive, top bar number 5 had the largest amount of drawn comb. Top bars 6-9 had no drawn comb. Notice how the bees hang from the edge of the starter strip and not the topbar. Comb is constructed below the lower edge of the starter strip and then the bees at some later time construct comb from that lower edge to the top bar. Starter strips, especially blank ones, may not be a good idea. The cells are visibly larger than small cell size and the Y's are oriented horizontally. Posted: 18-May-2003

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