From: Erik Osterlund <honeybee@elgon.se>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 08:43:01 +0100
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@egroups.com
Subject: Re: cell size in supers

Hi friends

One explanation why some have observed swarms in the wild to use newbuilt
lower wax for brood could be that it is built under frames already used for
brood and therefore intended by the bees to be used for brood and therefore
smaller than if it had been built up in a corner where it had been intended
for honey storage. This observation than also confirms that the bees and
the queen prefer smaller cell size for brood. This would then give the bees
some new comb yes, but keep them still in smaller range concerning their
genetically capacity.

By the way Helmut, in which country do you live, it would interesting to
know where to put this observation of yours of these small cells

Best regards

Erik in sweden