> I'm hoping Bob and Allen will offer comment.

You've got me thinking.  Any pictures?  If you have them, email direct.  I 
recall your picture of the bees clustered on the American queens and 
ignoring the Russian queens in the same queen bank that you sent years back. 
It is still on my site somewhere.

Brand and details of the foundation?  Is it the same as the foundation under 
the older comb?

Could it be you are just more observant than most? 

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