In a message dated 08/08/2011 20:01:35 GMT Daylight Time,
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Me: "I noticed that they were a lot bigger than my local mongrels in
S.England.
I don't know whether this is due to race or foundation size."
Peter: "Race".
Me again: This this means that there is no such thing as the right
foundation/cell size for ' the European honeybee'. My own observations show a
range of brood cell size in naturally drawn comb and a range of worker sizes.
Chris
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