From: "Lucinda Sewell" <lucindajohn@sewellhome.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:30:21 +0100
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re:supering for brood, framespace

Lee,
I've put some foundation under a colony. My contrary mind says bees mostly
work down...It's we whewmans that are confusing the issue. More work, but if
it gets me accurate 4.9 great. Remember stores are generally above brood,
and we're trying to get broodcells, not storage. I figure, and have seen it
happen, that the bees swarm when the nest hits floor, regardless of space on
top. Unless you aggressively open up above with good cells, or switch
doubles around. I thought I was so clever and new, but Wedmore was
on about that too.

Thanks Dave & Erik. I rechecked, only some sidebars are so large, mostly
35mm. Odd. Some are secondhand new from old Smith stuff I inherited. Perhaps
that is why. I must count my frames in those Hives...maybe I've finger
spaced and messed up. You're right about our weather Dave.
John