> Dennis Murrel has some interesting observations on this subject on his
> website. He found that size of workers varied with season, and, if I
> remember correctly, with which cells the bees raised the workers in.
>
> I see small workers in colonies that have severe DWV infections.
>
The bees were smaller in winter/spring but larger in summer and did
correlate to cell size.
I agree with Randy as DWV and Varroa has been my experience with small
bees.In fact it is a marker.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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