Lloyd Spear wrote:
>  In supers, it is best to have nine combs and some even
> advocate eight.  This because it has been demonstrated that when the bees
> build out the combs deeper, which they will do with fewer combs, the extra
> honey that is stored significantly exceeds that which would be stored with
> ten frames.  In other words, nine combs will hold more honey than ten, and
> eight will hold even more!  In addition, when the combs are built out well
> beyond the wooden frames, uncapping, for extraction, is much faster and
> easier.
 
nine to ???? eight in what space???
 
and the queen will never start to lay eggs in that deeper cells!!!
and with a "small" beespace between the combs in the broodbox; only "one" bee
can be in.
With the wider spacing in the broodchamber it needs "two" bees to fill the space
They have to fill that space to avoid the leak of warmth.
And two bees are more than one to do that, so two time more bees to warmth the hive
"Beestreets are for one bee"
Center-to-center is 35 mm. or 1 3/8"
Ask them self;  they will tell you!!!
 
regards to all and specialy to the junos  ;-),  jan
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