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In a message dated 13/11/2006 13:26:43 GMT Standard Time,
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<<The cell sizes that Dee quotes can only be consistently achieved using
Italian bees or Africanised bees. UK mongrel bees can go down to about
5.1 mm, which I attribute to the presence a high percentage of Italian
genes.>>
Mine are, I think, still near-AMM, and while they're currently on a pretty
random mix of cell sizes, they're perfectly happy on 5.1mm. I've had colonies
on badly-drawn 4.9 twice, and lost both from queen failure. I'm not sure
whether this is coincidence or not, but I'll be trying again, if only to see what
happens. It would be interesting to have a colony without foundation, to see
what they drew when left to their own devices, but so far every time i've
tried using strips, I've rapidly ended up with comb that was so far from
straight I had to start bending it and cutting bits off so I could get the frames
out!
Regards,
Robert Brenchley
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