Any beekeeper, especially a beginner, hopes to avoid finding burr comb in a beehive. Burr comb develops when the gaps between frames are larger than the proper bee space. Frames should be evenly spaced, with enough room for bees to move freely between the combs and other parts of the hive. If the spacing is either too wide or too narrow, the bees will respond by altering the space to suit their needs. Burr comb […]

Cross comb is honeycomb that honey bees build between two adjacent beehive frames instead of keeping it within a single frame. It develops when bees extend comb sideways until it reaches and attaches to the neighboring frame, causing the comb on both frames to become joined. As one of the most common forms of misplaced comb, cross comb can interfere with normal hive management if it is allowed to develop. Honey bees construct honeycomb primarily […]