comb collapse disorder

[andy12]

Went to look at my hive today to see if the third super was full yet. it is drawn and filled and capped , finally in my third year, I have enough honey to eat some myself.... sweet!,, literally
when I pulled a frame of capped honey (This one was cut comb foundation), there must have been some burr comb attachment to the frame next. it sort of collapsed and mangled about half the comb of wireless foundation. I put it back in ,added a fourth super and closed it up.
my Question is will the bees straighten out the mess where the comb was pulled apart ? or should I have removed and replaced this frame?

[peggjam]

They'll repair it, just might not be the way you would like them too.

[iddee]

They will repair it, using the adjoining frames for support. You need to get it out asap. Pull it and the one next to it together and replace them with two empties. Separate the empties with a drawn frame so they will not build one wide and one narrow.

If the super is fully capped, just harvest the whole super.

[Michael Bush]

I'd harvest it. You can crush and strain if it's too mangled to do comb honey.

[Ravenseye]

I tried that already (putting it back in). They did repair it, but it was a sight to behold. Essentially, their repair involved adding wax to the damaged frame which "bumped" a section of it way out while modifying the adjoining frame so that the new "bump" would fit. On top of that, they then decided that the repair would be good for drone brood. I ended up pulling both frames, since they were kind of locked together like Lego's, tossing the drone brood and harvesting the honey by crushing and straining. Actually got almost 4 pounds so it wasn't a total loss. Last I looked, the new foundation was almost all pulled.

I'd get in there and yank it.

[bluegrass]

When ever I fix something improperly I call it bee rigging