Foundationless Frames
Honeybees festoon and draw their wax honeycomb down from the comb guide in the center of the foundationless frame's top bar. They draw out a few of these palm sized combs on each frame and keep drawing them wider and wider till they all merge together into one single comb that spans the frame from edge to edge. One of the two most crucial aspects about foundationless beekeeping concerns the frame's end bars and is detailed below.