In a message dated 11/10/2009 11:09:16 GMT Daylight Time,  
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Although  some appear to be on foundation, due to what appear to be wire 
lines, the  combs are often sagged and one appears to be spliced.  


I started by assuming that the diagonal rows of misses were due to  
foundation wire in W pattern but one at least of the frames appeared to have  been 
wired horizontally as the wire at the side of the comb was in view.
 
However, imagine that all the holes were taken away from the centre area of 
 the comb and moved, instead, to the periphery. You would then think that 
there  was a massive amount of new bees to hatch over the next couple of 
weeks.   Looked at that way, do the misses matter that much?
 
Chris

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