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Re: Stress - "Housel Positioning"
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Barry Birkey <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:22:59 -0500
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> I've been studying this, but can't reconcile the above with the original
> 29/09/2002 BEE-L post which said (condensed, snipped and re-arranged for
> clarity):
>
> -- begin quote --
>
> What you are looking at in wild combs hanging is:
>
> YI^,YI^,YI^,YI^,^I^,^IY,^IY,^IY,^IY


> Note the special centre comb in the wild hive.  In both cases, according to
> the original writer (and unless I misunderstand the notation) the combs are
> shown to *mirror* one another on either side of centre

Hi Allen -

To help with clarification, I made a graphic of this first sequence:
http://www.beesource.com/pov/lusby/housel.htm

The "center" wild comb would have a mirrored orientation on both sides.

Regards,
Barry

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