From: DeeALusby1@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 22:43:14 EST
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: cell size measurement... JZ/BZ

In a message dated 1/9/02 7:06:28 AM Pacific Standard Time,
dave.cushman@lineone.net writes:

> This is not quite correct...
> The old cups tend to have a smaller, hemispherically shaped bottom that
> flares outwards to a rim of 8.5 mm or 9 mm.
>
> The modern cups are parallel sided, have a more blunt base profile, and have
> mouths between 9 mm and 10 mm.

Reply:
Thinks Dave, this is good to know. I can see you are referring to the old
cups having smaller bottoms. This is great to know also. Since the bees
always fill the royal jelly to the same level from what I have been told,
then to compensate for the bigger bottom ones, have you noticed any
difference in the richness of the royal jelly? Seems I read something on this
topic of the richness of jelly being different with workers between small to
large cells for larva. Is it the same with queens?

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby