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

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