Was the reason for the belief in the benefit of small cell based on the belief that Africanized bees had fewer mites because of their smaller cell size? Maybe we should have looked at the original host for varroa ;the small Asian hive bee. I wonder if "small cell" is more nearly approaching the size of Apis Cerane drone cells. If this is the case it could account for the preference of varroa for the smaller cell size.

Carl Webb

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