Hi Dee,
> Thinking newer beekeepers should read a little of past
> history to know what is happening today.
>
Yes Dee, it would help in conversing with about this subject. I myself never stepped into using small cell or talked much about it until I studied up on it and past history of beekeeping and the alteration of the bee. Even Jay Smith talks a little about breeding for bigger in his book "Better Queens". For those that do not know of Jay Smith he was a renowned queen breeder and producer and Author of several Queen rearing books.
. .. Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
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