PMFJI, but these points are interesting, and if I can ask a few
questions without interrupting the original discussion...

> Why are you using cell protectors?  Unless conditions are very bad,
> the finishing colony should not pull them down.

We use JayZee BeeZee cell protectors as protection against stray queens
in the finishing colonies and the carrying box.  We also thought them a
good idea for occasions where we plug a cell into a newly made split or
colony which has been dequeened moments before.   Could you comment on
the necessity -- or lack thereof?

> Are they getting chilled because of the cell protectors?

I had not considered that possibility and wonder how it could occur in
the centre of ther brood nest where the temperature is presumably
controlled.  I have heard that some beekeepers think that protectors are
bad because they interfere with contact between the bees and the sealed
cells (that is the idea, actually).  Is this a bad thing?

allen
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