21 Be able to discuss spacing of the combs in the brood chamber and super for both foundation and drawn comb and methods used to achieve this spacing.
Bullet Points
- Wax foundation encourages bees to build the desired (worker or drone) sized cells in an orderly manner across the whole available surface
- Brood chamber – bee space (11 or 12 frames in National)
- Spacing can be achieved using Hoffman Frames, castellated spacers, metal or plastic ends
- Super frames can be set wider once drawn comb is employed so more honey is stored per frame using either different castellations or size of end spacers