> >> Dee & Ed now have got hundreds of hives on 4.9mm foundation.

> In my personal opinion -- and I spent several whole days reading, figuring
> and trying hard to understand it -- the whole idea of 4.9 cell size seems
> to me to be based on a simple misunderstanding of bee literature.

I just wonder about following: varroa is originating from A. cerana.
A.cerana is much smaller than A. mellifera which means that
A.cerana's cells must be much smaller than A. mellifera's. In spite of
that varroa can live in cerana's cells...

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