From: "deelusbybeekeeper" <deelusbybeekeeper@excelonline.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 08:35:17 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Righting laying worker colonies

Hi Joel

I wrote to Clay:

> >On your 2002 pre-buildup, if you do 1,000 and it is for 100, then you
> >will need another 2,000 to hold minimum for the year, so get
> >prepared for the work of box jamming.

Joel wrote:

> Nuff blather. The real point of this is to ask Dee if she cares to expound
> a bit on the above quote. I don't really understand what is being referred
> to.

Reply:
As you already know Clay is making foundation the hard way to change his
bees over and is trying hard to get ready for next year, already having
shaken down some of his colonies this year to get seed stock and frames to
begin the assault.

Clay was in chat on Sunday and conversation was fast. We talked about
converting.

If Clay makes the hard way 1,000 frames, then he can fill 100 supers.

For the colonies he has, if he shakes down 100 to convert then he will need
to super more throughout the year as frames are drawnout.

Clay averages 3 deep broodnests he has already stated. That means he will
need a minimum of 2,000 more frames, for two more supers each, to contain his bees, should he go for it! (This assumes no culling of wrong drawn combs, by the way!)

Clay has a lot of work to do!

Dee