Did I reinvent the Bee hive frame with CNC magic?

NO, I did not. I did make a sweet new designer foundation-less frame that may revolutionize the elite honey market though. Comment below if you think this will work well or bee a total flop. Stay tuned for updates on how well the bees like these. So far they are drawing them out well, one of the hives put a lot of drone comb in it. after they hatch I plan on moving it up to the super to get loaded with honey.

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[mcmathwoodworks]

That’s a really cool design! Glad to see it’s working well too!

[dconnell]

Great design and great idea! You could use a frame spacer in the brood box or super to make up for the narrow frame. This would be great for the brood box too, then you don't have to worry about extraction. I will look for an update on how it worked for extraction.
You have sparked my interest now, I never have enough frames.

[thenninger]

I would definitely be interested in a design video on creating a frame like this. It would be good practice with the design software.

[Rhoude]

Great design! As always, I am interested to find out what bit(s) you used and the feeds and speeds?

[JamesRobertsonIntranet]

I'm fully behind using CNC to make something more complex! 🙂However: as a beekeeper, this is possibly the worst of all worlds. In foundationless frames, the idea is to let the bees draw out comb *as they need to, in the pattern they need*, noting that bees will make larger and smaller comb depending on the use. You can then *cut the entire frame out* to harvest it. In this design, it needless restricts how the bees can draw comb, while making it extremely difficult to harvest. It may be possible to put these frames in a spinner because of the extra support, but you'd have a hell of a time uncapping first. So 10/10 for creativity! But maybe not in practice... ;-)