> > > I asked myself, what if there is very little bee > movement in the colony? The propogation of the active ingredient would > be slower, possibly very much slower, than expected. > > I'm very curious about this also with regard to the movement of food from the periphery of the winter cluster to the center. Unless the cluster spans that top or bottom bars, there can be no bee movement across the frames, since any such movement would need to detour over the top or bottom, as few bees go clear to the end bars in cold weather. If there is little honey stored in the center of the cluster, then it must somehow be moved via either bee movement or trophallaxis--both of which would be thwarted by the vertical comb. -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm