Isis writes:
So far as I know, nobody has ever proven that this has
taken place anywhere.Sure, workers can be somewhat enlarged
just as tiny drones can be raised in worker comb. But would
be for that one generation only. Environmental effects
cannot be directly inherited. (Remember Lamark?)

Reply:
Let's say remember Prof Baudoux of Belgium and some of his
best writings of 1933 and 1934 in Bee World. Also the Paris
Convention of the 1930s. From here the movement to bigger
really got rolling along with selection emphasis for large
queens and bees, to the detriment of the smaller ones in
the natural spectrum small, medium, and large breakout of
animals.

Besides the topic is easy to find in libraries. Just go to
the three main sources: Bee World, Dadant (ABJ), and
Gleanings in Bee Culture, and look up the main indexes for
comb cell size, especially from the period 1891 thru WW2.
Also include by the way Apimondia and the XX International
Beekeeping Jubilee Congress of 1965 in Bucharest which
brought everyone up to date IMPOV following research
getting back up to speed following WW2 and so much written
about Bigger is Better!!

Thinking newer beekeepers should read a little of past
history to know what is happening today.

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrganicBeekeepers






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