From: Erik Osterlund <honeybee@elgon.se>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:15:08 +0200
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Strain

Hi Lee

My experience is of bees on 5.4-5.5. very few of them are small enough in
size in spite of the big cells to be able to draw a box of 4.9 above the
brood nest. 5 out of 70 did last year. From 5.2 more will, maybe most.

Erik

At 07.31 -0600 01-05-16, Lee Gollihugh wrote:

>My question, I guess, was - if a hive is on 5.2 or greater and a box of 4.9
>is placeds on top of this brood chamber would the bees draw out the 4.9?