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The bee season has completely exploded here in Sweden. Flowers popping up like there’s no tomorrow. This demands a huge expansion in numbers of bees in my hives. They need more and more frames.
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I’m sitting here and threading my hive frames and my fingers are bleeding. Is there someone who has the same experience?
 

Shelley

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I confess, I've never seen the zen attraction of threading frames. I started using Pierco all-plastic frames 8 years ago and haven't looked back. I have to give them a little extra TLC before using them so the bees don't draw out the comb crazy-like, but they take a beating and don't require much work. They're easy to scrape down, too, when I need to clean out the old comb.
 
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