Randy:
Dee, you are in a unique position to help demonstrate
clearly to the industry that small cell decreases mite
reproduction, since you already have an operation where
mites and brood diseases are not a problem.  You could
easily test the 4.9 advantage hypothesis in one season by
performing the experiment I requested.  Simply insert five
5.0 frames into the middle of several of your colonies, and
report whether varroa and brood diseases reappear.  Your
control would be several colonies with the same number of
frames of fresh 4.9 foundation inserted.  This would be a
small price to payin order to clinch the validity of your
hypothesis.

Reply: You say "since you already have an operation where
mites and brood diseases are not a problem." Yet it was
shown others that came here and I am talking
professionals/researchers that we had a problem
re-occurring and reshook down. AFter even only a few months
sampling showed it was working FWIW.....recorrecting the
problem and if continued would solve what you just wrote.
why go thru documentation and that stuff again, for what
does it really show, other then accept or reject, and if
you cannot accept, then let the bees teach you the hard way
by dying! LIfe is tough my man!

Also it was physically shown back then the bees live on
5.0mm they just have secondary disease problems in high
stress, like aka movement, treatments to up the anty, not
pulling diseased combs, excessing heat and excessive
drought........Alone might be good and last a beekeeper for
year with crutches, figuring year 8 plus another 8 or so
with the crutches, but then in the end things come to a
head... though comb change out could keep extending that
with good supplys of bulk bees FWIW...... I just don't like
that way of keeping honeybees though others do! So have
it!Really 5.0mm isn't bad for on the cuff steady
maintenance. But I don't like that.I want bees that take
care of selves...

Dee- 




 
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