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Hey all,
Ordering my beekeeping equipment next week and I am very excited. I am going to start off with one hive (all I can afford right now!) and my plan is to go foundationless. I am planning on two deeps for the hive bodies and adding medium honey supers as needed. My question is, if I go foundationless in the deep (brood) supers, will I have to somehow wire in the comb so it doesn't break? Are the "deep" frames too "deep" for foundationless? Or maybe I should go with foundation in the brood boxes, and foundationless in the honey supers? I just worry that comb on the foundationless in the deep supers will be too unstable and I don't want it breaking all the time when moving frames around etc..
Any ideas would be appreciated.. Thanks!
Ordering my beekeeping equipment next week and I am very excited. I am going to start off with one hive (all I can afford right now!) and my plan is to go foundationless. I am planning on two deeps for the hive bodies and adding medium honey supers as needed. My question is, if I go foundationless in the deep (brood) supers, will I have to somehow wire in the comb so it doesn't break? Are the "deep" frames too "deep" for foundationless? Or maybe I should go with foundation in the brood boxes, and foundationless in the honey supers? I just worry that comb on the foundationless in the deep supers will be too unstable and I don't want it breaking all the time when moving frames around etc..
Any ideas would be appreciated.. Thanks!