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Re: Epigenetics and Cell Size
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Bill T <[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, 6 Apr 2009 11:30:59 -0400
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The most interesting experiments in this area were done by Dennis Murrill,
who found that cell size varies with season, as does the bees size. Bees
were smaller in winter and larger in summer. Cell size in the brood nest
also varied from small to large, with the smaller cells about in the center
of the frame and the cells got larger the further you moved from the center.


So it was not a matter of one size fits all. The 4.9 crowd did not like
that.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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