> This can reliably be had in strong colonies in the 1st half of the season
> if >one systematically culls drone cells in worker frames to below the
> bees' >desired threshold. * It's rare in ferals, where only the bees
> control the >comb composition. In ferals, drone cell clusters are
> scattered around the >perifery of the broodnest.*
This is likely due to the fact that as the colony grows, in number and size,
the desire for more drones does also, which may not be a truly linear event.
In many cases they have the luxury of placing comb where they desire which
of course is not a hive situation.
Alden Marshall
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