What is the deal with some of us using nine frames in the brood box?
My reason for asking is that I am a greenhorn here and my first hives did not survive the first year. With that being said I am using already drawn out frames from my last year dead outs for my new packages. I am concerned that if the comb is drawn out unevenly and the frames are no longer in their original orientations that I could be creating a "crush zone" when butting the frames up against each other, creating a greater issue. Maybe I should be using nine frames in the brood box?
I would like to better understand the reasoning behind using nine frames vs. ten.
Thanks
My reason for asking is that I am a greenhorn here and my first hives did not survive the first year. With that being said I am using already drawn out frames from my last year dead outs for my new packages. I am concerned that if the comb is drawn out unevenly and the frames are no longer in their original orientations that I could be creating a "crush zone" when butting the frames up against each other, creating a greater issue. Maybe I should be using nine frames in the brood box?
I would like to better understand the reasoning behind using nine frames vs. ten.
Thanks