As an interesting anecdote, this past weekend I participated in a class on
removing bees from buildings.

In the second part of the class we removed two feral hives from the wall of
a building.

In the first hive, the comb was oriented parallel to the wall studs.  In
the second, just a few feet away and on the same wall, the orientation was
perpendicular to the studs.

Orientation, lighting, weather, etc were substantially identical given the
close proximity of the two hives.

Mike

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