Frames, Foundation and More (Wonky Comb Explained), Plus Big Announcement!

Why are my bees building wonky comb? In this video, learn why bees do weird things with plastic foundation and comb construction. I also discuss bee space and why it needs to be respected.
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[@JCsBees]

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[@Drewjober]

A blowgun , from air compressor blows the cells out of the plastic foundation really well, especially old bee bread

[@davidscottboring940]

I look forward to Sunday mornings: Church and JCs Bees!! Thank you for all you do.

[@JCsBees]

That means a lot to me. Thank You!

[@danpadulajr9448]

First year beekeeper here in Trumbull county. I planned on starting with two hives but ended up with six. I caught six swarms in spring. Bilt my own swarm boxes and had great success. Thanks for the info.

[@JCsBees]

That is awesome! Congrats!!

[@danpadulajr9448]

I've wanted to get into bee keeping for awhile, but never pulled the trigger on it. It's pretty fascinating the way bees survive and thrive. Any thoughts on wrapping hives for winter? I'm close to mosquitoe lake and lake Erie.

[@user-mi4fj9rq7v]

One of your best videos JC. Thank you!!!

[@JCsBees]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulschaefer5241]

This blueprint community sounds like a great idea. In my area, there is a beekeeping community that I am currently a member of. Not long ago I had an issue with a hive that had a spotty brood pattern. I was unclear as to the cause. I had many people offer suggestions, even some that I had alread eliminated. You might be surprised what people will come up with. Great Job!

[@JCsBees]

Thanks! I really thing the new community is gonna be a game changer for a lot of folks. I get a lot of question via the comments and it would sure be helpful at time if the followers could share pictures to explain the situation they are in. In the new community, everyone can share pictures and videos. I think it's a win, win for everyone and we don't have the noise of Facebook. :) You know the saying "Ask ten beekeepers a question"? lol

[@freddy-fq2fp]

Thanks Jason. You have been a great source of information and inspiration in my beekeeping odyssey. I turned to your vids time and again for helpful beekeeping tips. I appreciate everything you do for us all.

[@JCsBees]

So glad to hear the content has been helpful. Thanks for sharing that!

[@CastleHives]

Signed up for the Beekeeping Blueprint today. Great idea Jason. I’m looking forward to the book. Live streaming, I don’t believe it. . Haha

[@JCsBees]

Hey Brian, Yes, I just noticed you joined. Thank you. I think there is a lot of potential in the community and I am excited to see where it goes for all of us. 🙂 I know you've been waiting for the book, hopefully soon. As for the live streaming, you have every right to have doubt. 🤣😂 To be fair, though, I did try to go live last week and right when I was to "go live'", I learned the app didn't support that feature on Androids. 😜😂🤣 Now, I will fall back to the desktop for the next attempt. Sooner or later it's gotta work, right? Don't give up on me, it's gonna happen! 🫣😶‍🌫️🤣😂

[@dagsbeesinkampen674]

I will upload a video how we, here in Europe add in wax sheets. Hardly anyone that use plastic foundation. I use thicker wax foundations that is getting smelted in with the steel wire we use and add 12/24 volt DC to heat up the wire. And those foundations can also be scraped off because of the thickness. We can buy them with casted or rolled cells both for working bees and drones. Size for working cells are 3/16 inch (4.7mm) and drone cells are 13/62 inch (5.2mm). I use 1 drone frames in 10 frames hives but only if I find mites in the hives. The mites prefer drones to lay their eggs in so it's easy to take them out and put them in the freezer to kill them and then scrape the foundation clean again.

[@beekeeper8474]

Too hot here for that

[@XxBloggs]

We do it here in Australia and it works fine. Hot here too.

[@dagandreassen3115]

@@beekeeper8474 it's not unusual for us to have temperature above 100°F summer time, even up to 107 this year. But I don't use hives of wood but styrofoam. 1 inch thick so it's isolated from the heat during summer and the cold during winter. The roof part is 1,5 inch thick.

[@richardlearning3452]

Thank you Jason for this very educating and informative video. As usual making bee keeping a pleasure and keeping it simple.

[@JCsBees]

You are very welcome

[@bjwhite99]

I’ve noticed a lot of these wonky frames this year and have had trouble finding the reason for it. Jason to the rescue. Thanks, as always, for a great bit of information .

[@JCsBees]

Glad to help

[@robertshorthill6836]

Hi JC. Back in the day, I used only one size pure wax foundation, for supers. The deep frames would get the same and bees would fill out the combs to the bottom of the frames. It was shown to me the plastic fdn was the invention of the devil, but can't say for sure, not having tried it in my hives. I used thin galv wire and brass inserts into the holes in the frame ends. I could get the wire real tight and not have to worry about sagging combs. I got out of bees long before varroa mites came along. Just as well. If the mites were to go away, I might get back with bees.

[@SIBEEMAN]

Hi Jason, thank you sooo much for sharing this educational video. Not many beekeeper video content providers ever show their mistakes and this helps me a lot to solve my problems with wonky comb. Thanks !!

[@JCsBees]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Honey4myHoney-fv2wu]

Very well explained video enjoyed it a lot. Cheers 🕯

[@JCsBees]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@emilandrusko8597]

Hi JC. Thanks for the video. Looking forward to your book.

[@robertshorthill6836]

And I always made my own boxes, as I had tons of scrap pine lumber, biscuit cutter for boxes, and a router and table saw for frame parts. I made a scale drawing of a cross section of inside of the hive to get the exact distance between parts for bee space. The distance from top of the top bars to the bottom of the next upper frames were exactly correct for bee space, resulting in very little burr combs between upper frames and lower frames. Bees were my passion for many years, resulting in a honey crop in a good year of exceptional amounts. Each year was a different situation, I should add. Bob

[@jodygucwa8892]

Great video for the beginner. Jason you have grown in to an excellent speaker. Have a wonderfull day.

[@JCsBees]

Thank you!

[@jimwaldele9084]

hello, awesome vid as normal, i do the wax wipe from my render wax i just break off bigger piece rub it on sorta heavy, then i take my little propane torch and about 12 inches away i SLIGHTLY heat the wax i put on and it melts just enough to get down in to cell hole,, thanks again,,

[@beverlysteen]

Great video with your explanations Jason!

[@mindylabean8363]

Great, quality information! I hope this is in your book. 🙂

[@planbeeapiaries]

Great and informative video as always, Jason! You can also use drone frames for mite control, there are drone cell foundation/frames for sale out there. Once the bees build the drone comb and the drone cells are capped you take the frame out and freeze it, this kills the mites that prefer drone cells to lay their eggs in. You then put the frame back in the hive and the bees will clean it up and raise more drones so you repeat the cycle. Looking forward to your book release!

[@evonnewhalen9794]

Great video thank you for sharing. I have Layens hives and I get cross combing a lot and drives me nuts. You gotta love bees

[@brettellis1837]

Brilliant spot on.

[@JCsBees]

Thank you kindly

[@robertshorthill6836]

For my honey supers, I would always use 9 frames, making sure they were evenly spaced apart and from the sides to allow the wax to be uncapped easier. If the flow was getting toward the end, I would put ten frames of freshly extracted combs in a box. They would be less easier to uncap but not impossible, if I chose to extract these combs. I might use them to feed a light colony in April of the next year. Use of queen excluders is the subject for another time. Cheers, Bob

[@JamesCrouchX]

Would a heat gun or blow dryer aid wax application with a crayon? Not too hot or the plastic will warp. I used wax foundation initially. I found the bees would shred some of the foundation to quickly draw adjacent frames.

[@marciagilroy2183]

Love the video.

[@JCsBees]

Awesome! I was hoping it would be helpful.

[@tksamazon]

I definitely live in the sticks. 😂 Rural Ohio and beekeeping questions can be a pain. Thank goodness for KZbin and you!

[@JCsBees]

Rural Ohio is the only place to live in my opinion. I love being in the sticks. Country life for me! lol If you ever wanted to expand your knowledge base, I welcome you to check out Beekeeping Blueprint.

[@billslaughenhoupt5669]

Your video was spot on, everything you talked about is something I went through and some I’ve had this year. This is my 5-6 years of bee keeping and still learning about it all from videos, like ya all, I live in a small town outside of fredonia pennsylvania and not very many people that keep bees and also I like mostly doing on my own in a stubborn way and watch videos and as well as watching my bees to learn. Thanks for all the good information on this and learned a little more from ya. What part of Ohio you from.? My wife is from cherry valley and family to Ashtabula Ohio.! ✌️👍

[@lauriegrivel6286]

Have you ever had a horizontal hive? If so what are your concerns positive negative and or your experience. Thanks for what you do.

[@JCsBees]

I haven't ever had one but I do know bees prefer to move upwards not across. They can be trained but it takes times.

[@piggy59873]

I built 3 of them tried them and sold them. Due to the reason Jason stated. They like to move up not sideways.

[@JamesEHill-cl1eg]

Plastic sheet should be put on the hive during a honey flow only.

[@davidlewis4179]

Hi Jason. What you call bridging comb on the bottom of the frames to the bottom board I call it ladder comb in my LLHs. Can't say much about the Circle app. It says it sent a code but I never received it. 😬

[@JCsBees]

Hey David, Does the Circle app give you the option to resend code? Maybe reconfirm information before hand. It would be great to see ya over there!

[@user-uj2lt3fl5w]

Hi Jason, as always we appreciate all of your helpful stuff! You were a grate help to me when I was just starting out. I've been logged out and even logged outta life in general for a couple years after loosing my bride of 30 years, but with he ALMIGHTY'S grace and our 3 daughters I'm back on track. Without God, our girls and our Lil 🍯🐝's, I most likely would had checked out. Grateful to be somewhat back. Again brother, your appreciated!

[@JCsBees]

My heart feels for you, brother! I haven't lost my wife but in 2003 my younger brother was murdered. He had epilepsy but lived on his own in town. One day a guy knocked on his door and when he answered he was shot in the chest. That day changed my life forever and it took years to get over it. That trauma gave me PTSD and I struggle with it from time to time. I know it's not easy to move forward but our loved ones would want us to do just that. So keep pushing forward brother, you got this! One day we will see our loved ones again and we want them to be proud of us. I am glad my content has helped you. If there is anything else I can do to help, just say the word!

[@user-uj2lt3fl5w]

@JCsBees , I'm real sorry to hear that Jason and I can only imagine. But yes, as you mention we gotta keep living and I know they would want us to. We just gotta be grateful for each instant God blessed us with are loved ones knowing and looking forward in that some bright day the family circle will be reunited. Hold on to that and BELIEVE IT! God Bless y'all and I'll be praying ya bro.🙏

[@highlandhoneybee]

Love the t-shirt ❤

[@JCsBees]

Thanks. I'm pretty proud of it! 😊

[@willdelito8561]

JASON, WHAT'S YOUR OPINION OF PIERCO PLASTIC FRAMES

[@JCsBees]

I have a boat load of the Pierco plastic frames and have never had a problem with them. Sometimes I come across an old one that needs another coat of wax but all in all good stuff.

[@dominicanbeekeeper6686]

This year I switched from rite cell to premier foundation and it was a disaster, the bees didn't draw out not one without getting wonky

[@JCsBees]

That is interesting! Are you going back to Rite Cell?

[@dominicanbeekeeper6686]

@@JCsBees definitely, matter of fact I already did.

[@pirateprospecting707]

I'm close to 500😂😂

[@JCsBees]

I appreciate each visit! 😉😊

[@jweaver7170]

Perfect timing my bee "comb engineer" is having problems

[@JCsBees]

Go grab that engineer and have them watch this video, maybe that will get you back on track. lol Glad the video was helpful!

[@ricksutton2902]

Kaman rentals he's a simp