Bee Space is Important

Seeing poorly made boxes with just a nailed piece of wood for hanging the frames rather than a recess. The bees will build drone comb betwe...

Langstroth Frames

Frame Spacing

Frame Spacing in the Philippines

Seeing poorly made boxes with just a nailed piece of wood for hanging the frames rather than a recess. The bees will build drone comb between the frame side bars and the box wall. 

Bee Space is Important !

This term applies to the space left by the bees between combs bees build naturally or between the parts of the hive and the combs in a wild hive. It varies all the way from...

6.5mm to 9mm

For example, the bottoms of the supers containing the sections must be a bee space above the tops of the brood-frames in the lower parts of the hive. The sections themselves must be held a bee space away from the separator or fences.

Smaller than a bee space and it will be plugged with propolis and wax.

Larger than bee space and the bees will draw comb in the gap. Usually drone.