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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