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Dee Lusby <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:56:20 -0800
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Allen Dick:
if the walls are thicker than normal, then the cells will
also be smaller inside.

Reply:
Not always Allen. Depends. If fully drawnout comb I can see
this reasoning. But with foundation like with the Mann Lake
foundation, the walls are not high enough for thinking this
reasoning put by you here; and going higher then with
beeswax, with bees would then make for fully drawnout combs
with then the walls getting thinner and also bigger
dimentions inside,  for how the actual cellsbottom FWIW is
used by the bees. Also with the lesser impression in the
bottom of the pyrimads this would then make for earier
negating of the bottoms to rounding by the bees, with more
filling/thickening for going bigger slightly also with the
walls (walls still thinner here). Really NO CELL WALLS
would be better like the old diamondmatch patterns early
on.

Regards,

Dee


 
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