>> So, roughly 21,000 bees for "six seams", in a deep box.  14,000 for  
>> mediums.

> Or 17,500 for 5 seams using your math.  Thanks for that!

But that would be the very highest of high-end estimates, as it is based on
"wall-to-wall bees" on every frame.
A better estimate would factor in the roughly spherical nature of most any
bee activity.

The "1750 bees per comb face" was for a rectangle 21.27 cm x 42.55 cm = 905
cm^2

The area of an ellipse that touches the edges of the same comb would be pi *
a * b, where "a" and "b" are half the width and length, so 10.6 * 21.2 =
705 cm^2  That's 78% of the rectangle area, so take 78% of the bees covering
the whole rectangular frame to get a maximum ellipse covered with bees. 

So, 13.7K would be a better maximum estimate for "5 seams" than 17.5K 

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