-- Dee Lusby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I am used to working colonies with plenty of bees and also very little burr comb, as I consider that caused by bad alignment of combs and positioning. 

>>>my own observation/interpretation is that dee leaves plenty of empty room at the bottom of her foundation, and does not really cull drone comb.  this makes it less necessary for the bees to keep putting drones in between the boxes, where most are used to seeing them.  also, dee does harvest propolis (from the frames, not from a trap), so when frames make it to the honey house, they get scraped down.

>>>when one only gives the bees worker foundation, and culls anything that has "too much drone" on it (for the beekeeper...clearly not for the bees), the bees have no choice but to keep putting drones between boxes.

>>>deknow

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