> Farrar kept bees in Illinois supers as did most if not all the bee labs at
> the time. Farrar used a method I have never seen duplicated anyplace in
> the world for swarm control and also made the need to reverse not as
> necessary.

I built and used Farrar (Square 6-5/8 equipment) when I first started out,
and followed the ideas, but concluded that there was little if any advantage
over standard commercial equipment.

> Jaycox found ... bees can be downsized and upsized 17% through changes in
> cell size.

Do you know if this was determined by linear, volumetric or mass
measurement? 

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