On 16-Jun-08, at 3:59 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>
> I had a surprise about the honey combs.  I had expected them to be  
> parallel to the blocks.  Most on them run on a diagonal and they  
> were mostly continuous in crossing over from one block to an  
> adjacent one.  It made sense to me afterwards, the middle comb  
> provides the greatest surface area in this odd cavity geometry for  
> optimum brood-rearing and overwintering.
>
>

Hi Waldemar and all

What compass direction were the combs oriented?  We have an old(even  
older than me) beekeeper in our association who claims that bees  
always orient their combs in an east west plane.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
80W44N

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