In a message dated 96-05-27 00:08:41 EDT, you write:
 
 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.
>
>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.
>
>
 
Honey Bees do not move eggs cell to cell or hive to hive. While I have heard
rumors of such there is no evidence to confirm it.
 
 Virgin comb will yeild more wax than comb that has had brood raised in it.
Every generation of bees raised in a comb leaves a cocoon. The more bees
raised in the comb the more cocoons, the more cocoons the less wax yeild. The
wax gets soaked up by the cocoons. The only way to incress your yeild is with
a wax press.
 
Dean M. Breaux
Hybri-Bees
"Breeding Better Bees"
11140 Fernway Lane
Dade City, Florida 33525