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> I said, "To me a frame of brood has to be _at least 85 to 90% brood_. " and then someone else said "A deep Langstroth frame, with standard foundation, _70% filled with brood_" and continued... "I <snip> "didn't want the List to be misled by the claim that "No queen can lay a single full of brood."
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> I don't recall making or seeing that claim, but generally speaking that statement, if made less absolutely, is true for all intents and purposes, especially if we are talking _full_ frames, not 70%.
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shows how 11 frames with brood make 6 theoretical frames with brood
(100% covered with brood)
1 theoretical frame of brood will make 3 frames of bees.
A queen laying 2k eggs/day needs ~ 6 theoretical deep Lang frames for
brood but 18 frames to accommodate the bees hatched from those frames.
This is for 21 days of the brood cycle.
I laminated the picture and I care it with me during hive inspections.
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