Gconran,
I noticed the same thing with my hives. If they are sucking down the sugar syrup, keep feeding them. They will use the 1:1 to generate wax and build comb faster.
I stopped feeding my hives and the comb production just came to a halt. Put the syrup back on and they went back to drawing out the comb.
You mentioned that your bees still haven't drawn out a few frames of comb. I'm presumming that it is probably your outside frames right? I found it helps to move those frames closer towards the middle but not IN the middle. Those are your brood frames. Move the outer frames in towards the middle by one or two frames. That should help, I know it did for me.
Good luck.
I noticed the same thing with my hives. If they are sucking down the sugar syrup, keep feeding them. They will use the 1:1 to generate wax and build comb faster.
I stopped feeding my hives and the comb production just came to a halt. Put the syrup back on and they went back to drawing out the comb.
You mentioned that your bees still haven't drawn out a few frames of comb. I'm presumming that it is probably your outside frames right? I found it helps to move those frames closer towards the middle but not IN the middle. Those are your brood frames. Move the outer frames in towards the middle by one or two frames. That should help, I know it did for me.
Good luck.