I was stocking my observation hive the other day with a frame of capped brood and a queen cell. The comb was a little wider than the walls (glass) of the little hive and subsequently one side of the frame was less than a bee space frome the glass. Over night the bees started to change the cap from a convex shape to a concave design. In fact the cell is actually shorter in length. Isn't the pupa already crammed into the cell? Has anyone experienced this before? There seems to be a general thread running through this list concerning possible contamination of honey from fluvalinate or terramycin. I'm real clear on Apistan and only use it for 5 weeks in the fall with good results. I've always put on extender patties between the 2 brood boxes when the cherries bloom and left them in all season. I was lead to believe that only the nurse bees were diligent enough to gnaw on the patties and hence the terramycin would never get into the honey supers. Now I hear that no medication should be be in the hive with the honey supers. What do you other folks do? Jim Nietmann Kirkland,Wa. USA