>I have two unrelated questions: Do honey bees move eggs? Cell to cell?         
>Hive to hive? Some where I recall reading that someone said he had a           
>colony rob an egg from a hive to raise a queen.                                
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>I've been melting old combs in my solar melter and have noticed that the       
>older the comb the less wax is recovered.  Newer combs provide more wax.       
>Can someone give me an answer as to why this is so.                            
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>                        Thanks,                                                
>                                Ann                                            
                                                                                
>Ann Dougherty                                                                  
>Kirkland, Washington USA                                                       
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Hi Ann,                                                                         
                                                                                
        Yes bees will robb a egg to commence queen raising if the hive has      
been queenless and is at threat.                                                
                                                                                
        The reason for the lower amount of wax in old comb is that the old      
comb has the remain of the hatching brood in this comb, hence less wax.         
The solar principle does not have enough heat to remove the wax from this       
old brood remains.                                                              
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