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"Frank I. Reiter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:37:52 -0500
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> Beekeepers who let the bees
> build as they will, often find the queen goes down by
> herself, and that reversing is not necessary, but those who
> have new frames and/or scrape may have to reverse to get a
> queen to cross the gap.

So is reversing only about getting the queen across the gap?  Is there ever
a good reason to reverse where the queen is already laying in two brood
chambers?

Frank.
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