From: Micky Lee <mlee4321@juno.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:40:11 -0500
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Are my Bees confused?

Hello all,

Finished cleaning up the mess.

Five days before the flash flood I had placed four frames, that I had cut
the comb out of, in each brood box . I put no starter strips in. I just
cut the wax as close to the wood as possible. I installed them second
and fourth from each side. The bees had begun building comb in most of
these frames that I recovered. Much of this comb was not crushed, but
was full of mud and had to be removed. While cleaning up I set these
frames aside to measure.

The worker brood cells measured 5.2 to 5.3 mm. No surprise.

To ask my question I must try and draw a word picture of what I found. A
cell has six sides. To measure you imagine a line through parallel
sides, count and measure ten cells. In three directions it is possible
to get three different measurements.

I know I read somewhere a long time age that one of these lines would be
horizontal. We always install foundation with one of these lines
horizontal. This is not what I found. Each comb was angled differently.
One section of drone comb was oriented vertically.

Has anyone else noticed this? Or are my bees confused?

Micky