>11,10,9,or 8
11 is too hard to uncap and too skinny for nice comb honey.
10 is good when they aren't drawn comb and when you want comb honey it's the right thickness to fit the boxes.
9 is nice with drawn combs if you want ease of uncapping.
8 is nice with drawn combs if you want ease of uncapping, but it does seem like they move into the 9 frame configuration more quickly.
Bees space most brood comb between 30 and 35mm with most that is all worker at 32mm (1 1/4").
Bees space honey all sorts of widths. I've seen honey comb that was 3" thick. TYPICALLY honey comb is about 38mm (1 1/2") spacing.
Basically the conversion would be something like this:
11 frame = 32mm = 1 1/4"
10 frame = 35mm = 1 3/8"
9 frame = 40mm = 1 9/16"
8 frame = 45mm = 1 13/16"
11 is too hard to uncap and too skinny for nice comb honey.
10 is good when they aren't drawn comb and when you want comb honey it's the right thickness to fit the boxes.
9 is nice with drawn combs if you want ease of uncapping.
8 is nice with drawn combs if you want ease of uncapping, but it does seem like they move into the 9 frame configuration more quickly.
Bees space most brood comb between 30 and 35mm with most that is all worker at 32mm (1 1/4").
Bees space honey all sorts of widths. I've seen honey comb that was 3" thick. TYPICALLY honey comb is about 38mm (1 1/2") spacing.
Basically the conversion would be something like this:
11 frame = 32mm = 1 1/4"
10 frame = 35mm = 1 3/8"
9 frame = 40mm = 1 9/16"
8 frame = 45mm = 1 13/16"
