In a message dated 11/10/2009 11:09:16 GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: 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 *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L