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Bar spacing on a Warre hive
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Hello fellow beekeepers I have a question, I was wondering what is the space between the bars on a warre hive. I'm thinking of building one but all the plans I've found are not very clear on the spacing of the bars, any info would be appreciated.
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My Warre' hives are 12" x 12" inside dimensions. I use 8 bars (7/8" wide) evenly spaced (~9/16" between bars). Works well and have never had any bad comb drawn.
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It's the space on center that is important. That should be between 1 1/4" and 1 1/2". The bees prefer 1 1/4" for brood and 1 1/2" for honey... If you do them all the same 1 3/8" would be right.
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