Bear with me. This whole article is mostly quotes -- interesting quotes.
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On Sunday, September 04, 2005 9:46 AM [GMT+1=CET], J. Waggle
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This small cell test appeared in the September 2005 issue of Bee Culture,
> in the article "Commercial Beekeeping in Norway" by Hans-Otto Johnsen
>
> Small Cell Test 2002-2004
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> * 40 colonies were tested in the same apiary.
> * 20 with cells 5.5mm measured in the broodnest. known as "Big cell
> group".
> * 20 with cells 4.9mm measured in the broodnest. known as "Small cell
> group
< etc...>
And further...
> What else does this new study refute?
>
> There is no AHB in Norway, so now the large cell advocates cannot say that
> it was AHB influenced.
>
> Get out da way!!! ,,, the large cell bee house of cards is starting to
> fall. ;>)
Who says there is no AHB in Norway? Who knows, and who is telling? Who has
looked? Queens travel in pockets a lot more than most will admit.
Now this from the Apis newsletter, for those who may have missed it:
> From: beeactor2001
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:57 PM
> Subject: [Apis_Newsletter] Apis Newsletter, October 6, 2005
>
> Small Cell Size Controversy: The idea that smaller cell size is
> better for bee health, including Varroa tolerance has been around a
> while <http://www.beesource.com/pov/lusby/index.htm>. Last month's
> Bee Culture and a recent issue of The Beekeepers Quarterly featured
> an article by Hans-Otto Johnsen that appeared to reinforce this
> notion, and got a lot of play elsewhere, including Bee-L
>
> Inquiries to Norway, however, resulted in the following message:
>
> From: "Stine Helland" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Malcolm T. Sanford" <[log in to unmask]>,
> Subject: Re: Small Cell Study
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:06:51 +0200
> "Illegal publication of test results!
>
> "About the articles: Johnsen, H. O., 2005. Commercial Beekeeping In
> Norway. BeeCulture, September 2005, page 37-40. and the same article
> published in The Beekeepers Quarterly, Number 80. Spring 2005.
>
> "A large amount of this article describes results from a test of
> different cell sizes in beehives, accomplished in Norway in the
> period 2002-2004. This is a test that the Norwegian Beekeepers
> Association has started and are responsible for, a fact that Johnsen
> neglected in his article. The Norwegian Beekeepers Association owns
> both the test and the exclusive rights to publich any of the results.
>
> "Hans Otto Johnsen has had knowledge to some of the preliminary
> results, because he has been one of the people doing the practical
> work with this project. He has also been fully aware of the
> Norwegian Beekeepers Associations ownership to the results. The
> trust he has been shown, he has used against us, publishing parts of
> the results in his articles in Bee Culture and The Beekeepers
> Quarterly. It should be stressed that the total results from the
> test so far appears to have a rather different conclusion than
> Johnsen's.
>
> "It is important for the Norwegian Beekeepers Association to point
> out that the test is not finished, that the results in the mentioned
> articles is taken out of a larger context, and that Johnsen has
> published some of the preliminary results without the approval of
> the Norwegian Beekeepers Association.
>
> "As you see, we did not know of the article before you gave us a
> hint, and we are very thankfull of that. If there are more people
> who need to know about these facts, please do not hesitate to inform
> them. The Norwegian Beekeepers organisation will send the same
> information to the actual magazines.
>
> "Best wishes, Stine Helland."
FWIW,
allen
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