Thanks Randy
I've been reading too many DIY instructions on houses, with dumbed down
words.
Bottom line, honey in outer combs gets to be very cold. Not something the
bees want to be against. Better to have the dead air space.
The semantics (my fault for being careless with my terminology) is getting
in the way of the point - don't put full frames of honey on the outside of
the boxes. We all know bees tend to leave these empty, if they've
sufficient space. That's apparently not simply a matter of consolidating the
honey toward the center. Those empty combs serve a purpose in cold climates.
Jerry
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