Observation Hive Newbie!

It is the space between the nside of the glass on one side to the inside of the glass on the other side. Total The frame will go between that. A typical brood comb is 1" thick and that leaves one bees space on each side of that (between 1/4 and 3/8" is a beespace) making it a total of 1" + 3/8" + 3/8" = 1 3/4". (or for those who are “English measurement challenged” that is 25.5mm + 9.5mm + 9.5mm = 44.5mm)

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