[Gumpy]

So, bees build hexagons with the apex in the vertical orientation; up and down, and flat sides on either side.

What will they do if you put them on foundation that has been turned 90° so the apex is to the right and left and the flat side is on top and bottom?

 

[Gumpy]

Obviously, I need to start looking more closely at my frames. I guess I actually haven't looked closely enough at foundationless frames or I might well have seen these examples in my own hives. I know that Jamie Oliver made a point in one of his videos to indicate the apexes of honeycomb are oriented vertically, and I see that my Acorn foundation is designed with vertical apexes, also. Tomorrow, I'll go digging into some stored comb I have, but it seems it will be a non-issue for the experiment I'm working on.

Thanks for the response.