From: DeeALusby1@aol.com
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:22:12 EST
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: cell size measurement

In a message dated 1/1/02 9:04:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, honeybee@elgon.se
writes:

> Now with the knowledge of Cowan and the differences of cell sizes he saw,
> and the differences of cell sizes I saw with the three swarms at your place
> confirming Cowan 4.67 - 5.4 mm (Cowan 4.73 - 5.36), it's not hard to guess
> the cell sizes for the brood with this beekeeper in southern Thailand, in
> the middle of varroa land, for his Italian bees were below 5.0 mm, when
> honey storage combs were 5.2 - 5.3. Unfortunately ha hadn't the possibility
> to measure any brood comb at this visit. Not I think this information
> anyhow is interesting enough.

Reply:

Erik, all this says is that if Cowan and Smith align, and Hans saw this in
SEA in Thailand and this aligns and I have measurements from S. America which
aligns, and out sizing you recently saw aligns, then what is sizing for AHB
other then modern bull? For this sizing between then only feral and domestic
is all the scientists had for most all the years tracking and really
comparing what then? Apples to oranges with the feral pulling apart the
scientists homemade brewed up system. I think that is what they were afraid
of. The undoing of wll their artificial work of breeding for what---enlarged
hybridized crops that are now falling apart anyway and the chemicals they are
applying to save these crops now is killing our industry. But who is talking
and looking close.

Anyway, it is good it is all aligning now and we are zeroing in on the
target. Keep heading for it in the new year as we will definitely here.

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby