In message <[log in to unmask]>, Donald Franson <[log in to unmask]> writes >Donald: Bees do not remove their cocoons they just varnish over them to get >them ready for the queen to lay her next egg. I had a swarm move from the hive I had put them into a hive full of old comb 10 yards further round awaiting action. They reamed out all the comb so it looked like new! Not their own comb of course. -- James Kilty