I have been running my hive with nine frames in a ten frame boxes in order to make it easier on myself when carrying out an inspection for about a month and a half now and I was wondering if there were any clear down sides to doing this or any other clear benefits aside from ease of inspection. I had read an old book about using nine frames in a 10 frame box only for honey production/ storage and to use 10 frames for brood and was wondering what others had experienced with using 9 frames and if I should continue with my nine frame setup. The bees have on some of the frames extended the comb out to about half and inch outside of the bar and I noticed this behavior about 2 months ago when I added new frames to the hive, was wondering also if this is normal or if I should attempt to change it? Thanks.