cochran500
06-21-2003, 09:23 PM
All things being equal other than the cell size(or should I say size of the bees), is there any honey production difference between todays normal size bees and regressed(4.9) bees per hive?
Thanks
Marty
Michael Bush
06-22-2003, 07:06 AM
I haven't had small bees long enough to say and I'm still stressing them out swapping out large comb for small, but I have heard of recent studies that small bees are more productive.
http://www.beesource.com/pov/lusby/bcfeb1990.htm
Michael Bush
06-23-2003, 09:59 AM
Most of the research shows small bees to be more productive.