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Re: Natural comb
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Chris

>Does anybody (Peter Edwards maybe) know the distance apart that Apis 
>mellifera mellifera, left to their own devices, space their combs?

Sorry Chris, not something that I know - but I suspect that it is not a 
consistent distance, even within one pure race.  In the feral colonies that 
I have seen the nest never looked as though it has been constructed to a 
precise specification!

Best wishes

Peter 

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