From: "huestis" <buzzybee@capital.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:02:26 -0800
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Brood diseases

Hi all,

>I don't think race is an issue. The issue is cell size and its ability to
> stop bees getting AFB, maybe not all together, but considerably reduce
> the incidence.

I don't think race is an issue also. I don't think cell size will in itself
STOP bees from getting AFB. But by placing bees back on a more natural
sizing would change the composition of the food in the cell the larvae feed
upon making for a healthier bee. Which in turn would be able to defend
better against sickness and disease. In my 1959 copy of ABC XYZ it clearly
states that as the the cell size was enlarged trying to make a bigger bee
the composition of the food was changed. However it is still up to the
beekeeper to remove infected combs. Either destroying them or processing
them (combs not the bees).

Clay