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A simple and concise explanation of keeping bees by Jerry Freeman

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iddee:
Sorry, but you were backward.

Also notice the word usually in each sentence. It is not 100% guaranteed.

Jen:
Mkay, Thanks!

Jen:
I'm finding that this article is to mathmatical for me. Percentages, averages, nsuch. However, there is a lot of good information here for beginners. But if I were to give this to someone who is 'considering' beekeeping, it just might change their mind.

tecumseh:
a snip....
I Thought.... that the supercedure cells on the face of the comb were the swarm cells. That these were built in a hurry.

tecumseh..
these rules should not be looked at as being written in stone.  Although swarms cells are generally made in great numbers and towards the bottom bars some will invariable also be produced on the the face of frames < swarm cell are typically located on the outside perimeter of the brood nest and if you think of the perimeter of a globe transposed as on square frames then it becomes quite evident that swarm cell may in fact be in any number of locations relative to the face of a frame. 

as far as I can tell (from what I have observed) with superscedure cells (if you exclude bee keeper induced superscedure cells) these typically occupy space on the face of frames towards the top of the brood nest and are generally few in number.  again none of these rules should be looked at as written in stone and certainly other clues are most important in deciding on the spot whether it is one or the other < for example condition of the existing queen, current brood pattern, honey cap and most definitely population and/or congestion of the brood nest.

Springtide:
Thanks for this, I'm finding the temperature guidelines incredibly helpful, especially this time of year.

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