D. Murrell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

...I would suggest that anyone who does, do it on a small
>scale first. Don't follow some rigid set of procedures or methods, but 
look
>for the principles behind them and adapt them to your own situation, bees
>and equipment...

Hi Dennis,

Getting back on track here.
I agree that small cell should be started on a small scale first, as you 
would try any new beekeeping technique first on a few test colonies.   

To refrence a famous beekeeper, In the case of the honeybee we confronted 
not with isolated individuals but with a society, or to put it more 
scientifically, with a superorganism, an extraordinarily well regulated 
and well ordered system and a structure whose individual parts operate in 
perfect harmony.  

So if I may also add that it is essential that any procedures or methods 
adopted in regressing bees to small cell regress the colony in it’s 
entirety as a single organism, and not partially regress by adding a frame 
here and there.  

Enjoy your posts Dennis!  
Keep up the good work informing others about small cell!

Best Wishes,   

Joe Waggle 
Ecologicalbeekeeping.com 
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries' 
Feral Bee Project:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FeralBeeProject/

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