Marc Studebaker asked:

> Would moved eggs be in a normal laying pattern or in a

I have no idea as I have never seen eggs being moved, but I cannot believe 
that they would be placed in a neat pattern.

> It is not unusual for a queen to find her way through an imperfect 
> excluder and lay a patch of drone brood

True, but only if you use drone comb in the super!

I still have difficulty believing that some workers lay in a tight pattern 
like a queen.  All my personal experience and all the books that I have read 
suggest otherwise.  Has anyone observed workers actually laying?

Peter Edwards
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