From: cslade777@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 17:45:32 EDT
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Measuring cell size

It is sometimes difficult to decide whether or not the bees have drawn out
comb to a particular size. As a simple aid I drew an irregular quadrilateral
on a sheet of white paper with sides measuring from 49 upwards, and wrote
the measurement against each side on both sides of the paper. I cut the
shape from the paper and ran it through the office laminator so it is encased
in clear plastic. I have yet to try it in the field but it works well on odd
pieces of comb by trying for the best fit against a run of cells. Of course
it needn't be a quadrilateral: any polygon would do.

Chris