Weird and fun comb honey super

[Paula Breen]

I paid a neighbor to build this for me after reading about one years ago. I put it on top of a brood chamber of a recently hived swarm. They promptly absconded. Message received and this has sat in the garage for several years. This year I put it on top of a really large swarm and waited until it was up and running with a lot of brood. They're doing a nice job although it does take some babysitting to keep it from going crazy!

[sandy fong]

Love it! 

On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM Paula Breen <paulae...@gmail.com> wrote:

I paid a neighbor to build this for me after reading about one years ago. I put it on top of a brood chamber of a recently hived swarm. They promptly absconded. Message received and this has sat in the garage for several years. This year I put it on top of a really large swarm and waited until it was up and running with a lot of brood. They're doing a nice job although it does take some babysitting to keep it from going crazy!

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[Robin Chatham]

I love it too. Are the frames purchased,  like mating nuc frames?

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[MLuskin]

It’s very cute. Were you thinking of selling sections as comb honey?

Merry

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[Paula Breen]

He made both the box and the frames. My original idea was to sell the whole sections in the frame, then give folks a few bucks off the next one when they returned the frame. I'm thinking I probably wouldn't get most of the frames back so will likely just cut out the sections. It would be too difficult for me to find someone to build a new supply for replacements. 

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[Jose Plascencia]

Love these Paula!

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