Eric Brown wrote: >>in either case, the bees will push towards 15% (more or less) drones in >the hive... > >Is there any real evidence of this? Seeley writes: > 17 ± 3% of the comb area of natural nests of honey bees is devoted to drone comb (Seeley and Morse, 1976), the hives with drone comb were equipped with 20% drone comb, hence a normal supply. from "The effect of drone comb on a honey bee colony’s production of honey" by Thomas D. SEELEY ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************