Many beekeepers make claim to understanding bee space. Indeed, it is one of the fundamental tenets of beekeeping that is taught to beginners. Anything bigger than a bee space will be filled with comb and anything smaller will be filled with propolis. Bee space is that 8-10mm gap, or in the old imperial measurement ³/₈”, needed to allow bees to move freely from one location to another in the catacomb that is the nest of the honey bee hive. Despite this being ‘known’, we are surprised that theory and practice are not very much on the same page.