From: "Desert Meadows Apiary / Honey - The Gussow's of Arizona-" <joslylaine4@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 09:16:45 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Do Bees want various cell sizes?

Thursday, August 01, 2002
8:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time and Arizona time as well.

Hello to all and especially to Imker and Eric:

A Bushel and a Peck are volume measurement in English measurements similar
to Liters and Cubic Centimeters. However 4 Pecks equal one Bushel. In the
United States farmers use the Bushel more to disclose the amount of their
harvest with grains per acre. The Peck has all but disappeared unless you
deal with berry crops such as Blueberries, Blackberries and Raspberries.

In the context of what was being described I believe the writer was trying
to convey the size of the swarm of Honeybee's size. It deals with the
comparison of a Soccer ball or a Basketball. While one is smaller than
another the image is clearer to the reader that is just what the writer
wants to convey. The unit of measure is of Bushel and Peck is very old and
still used but is still overlooked by those who use the Metric System. Or
for those who have converted to the Metric system like Great Britain and
Europe as a whole. The whole method of measurement was introduced to me in
my Elementary school days in the 1960's. Most of my classmates and myself
struggled to work things out in the word problems for arithmetic, not math,
for practical use of figures.

Respectfully Submitted
Harvey G.
Tucson, Arizona