# New season, old frames - check wire tension!

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-season-old-frames-check-wire-tension/30029>\
**Category:** Flow Hive\
**Tags:** harvest\
**Created:** [April 15, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-season-old-frames-check-wire-tension/30029 "2021-04-15T03:24:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bianca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bianca/32/23486_2.png) [@Bianca](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bianca)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-season-old-frames-check-wire-tension/30029/21 "2021-05-12T06:30:39Z")

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Awesome 🙂 I’d love to hear how this method goes over time. @chau06, please keep us updated.

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**Author:** ![Outbeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Outbeck](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Outbeck)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-season-old-frames-check-wire-tension/30029/22 "2022-12-26T21:39:53Z")

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I’m about to add some flow supers after a very wet spring with delayed flowering. I’d love to use this method if it’s still going well for you. I’m not sure I follow your specifics. Do you mean you place the stick in line with the flow frame to wind up, then swing it around to perpendicular when adequately tight?  
Still using the stick Alok? A great justification for ice cream if so.

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**Author:** ![chau06](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/chau06/32/25515_2.png) [@chau06](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/chau06)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-season-old-frames-check-wire-tension/30029/23 "2022-12-26T21:56:05Z")

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> [@Outbeck](#):
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> Do you mean you place the stick in line with the flow frame to wind up, then swing it around to perpendicular when adequately tight?  
> Still using the stick Alok? A great justification for ice cream if so.

Yep, works fine.

I put the stick in the existing twist and just add turns and then once I’ve added enough turns and tension, I center the stick so it can’t flip back around.

The bees have fully propolized the sticks I have in, not chewed them up but I’m sure I could still slide the stick out if the propolis were softened.

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**Author:** ![Outbeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Outbeck](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Outbeck)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-season-old-frames-check-wire-tension/30029/24 "2022-12-26T23:17:08Z")

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Great thanks!  
I’ll give it a whirl 👍

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