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Re: Cell sizes in Russia
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"J. Waggle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:09:42 -0400
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Mike Stoops <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I"m no scientist, but from what I've read in this post and understand, it 
would seem that the further north (colder) one goes, the larger the worker 
bee cells become.  Did I read amiss here?

Hi Mike,

The 'remote ferals' (honeybees remote from other domestic beekeeping 
operations) I collect here in SW Pennsylvania will have worker cell sizes 
ranging somewhere between 4.9 mm and 5.0 mm OR ocasionally just above 5.0 
mm 

Cell size map:
http://www.beesource.com/pov/lusby/therm_map.htm 

Joe Waggle
EcologicalBeekeeping.com
'Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FeralBeeProject

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