Most large beekeepers hire semi-skilled labour to work their hives. A skilled beekeepers can judge a hive's development by eye and can equalise hives accordingly but not so semi-skilled labour.

Do any use an overlay system to determine brood development?  Ie the brood should cover this much of the frame at this point in the season.

Has this system been written down anywhere?
 
Frank Lindsay,
Wellington, New Zealand
 		 	   		  
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