>>> had one hive with 6 honey supers and the 3 hives next to it only made 2
boxes ...
Have you considered the placement of the one booming hive? Is it at the end of a row of hives? Was that the case in the other occasions you've observed? A consideration: field bees from the other hives are drifting down the line and ending up in the booming hives.
Mike in LA
***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at:
http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm