From: cslade777@aol.com
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 19:32:31 EDT
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Wing veins

Taking advantage of a wet and windy Sunday afternoon (lots of leaves & twigs
plenty of small branches and baby trees and the odd big branch down) I peered
at a few wings. I used a 10x binocular stereo microscope. I was able to
look at the veins for the cubital index and gauge by eye indices of "just
under 2" , "just over 1.5" and "about half way between". Do we need to be
any more accurate than that for a field test?

I also tried it with a 4x watchmaker's eyeglass and although I could see the
veins clearly it wasn't quite good enough to make those guesstimates.

I may buy a 10x loupe when I go the the National Honey Show. It would be
more portable than the microscope and so would allow a genuine test in the
field. Can anyone tell me the guide price?

Chris