Hi All

Let me clarify a few things here for my reasoning!

In the beginning, when bigger is better started with
Baudoux in Belgium, the idea was by him that grew
worldwide, "The increase in size is justified, since
otherwise the broodnests are too soon crowded, whence
danger of swarming. Big cells, big bees, a big hive"

But all this was in actuality was an optical illusion, and
created a need for suppliers to sell more equipment to help
beekeepers whose bees no longer fit into their boxes
properly.

Baudoux stated early on "Consider the size of the drones
reared in worker cells (5mm), ordinary drone cells (5.5mm),
and cells of 470 comb (6mm).(I will not point out the
SqDecimeter here).

Now Baudoux worked in averages with all of his charts he
devised to show that bigger was better. So in saying that
5.0 was worker size he also knew then that many were also
4.9mm size and others 5.1mm size.

Now today many recognize the 5.1mm size at the bigger end
of the averages Baudoux gave, but few recognize the lower
end of the averages and 4.9mm, yet on the lower end is the
variability for survival.

Now we all know that in the Natural that drones breed mites
and workers for the most part don't! (i.e. look at apis
cerana!

Now Allen Dick wants me to subject our bees to cruel and
unusual punishment by placing them onto bigger drone combs
so near 5.5mm that this if done to humans would be like
NAZI death camp trials! I cannot subject them to this since
it is known and published fact that in the beginning even
with Prof Baudoux in Belgium that bees were on AVERAGE
known to produce drones in 5.5mm combs! It was understood
by all as common knowledge back then in 1933.

All I am simply doing is wishing now our bees are sized
back down into natural sizing parameters, is see if the
bees we have recognize anything bigger then 5.4mm(since it
is so close to drone of Baudoux's era of 5.5mm that got all
this bigger is better stuff going) can again recognize the
old comb ratio's as droner's!!!

Just that simple!!  Then just that simple!!! If they do and
they drone. . . .then you decide if you want drone combs or
aka artificially enlarged combs that big in your colonies!

No more and no less!!!

You want to make your bees sick again by putting them back
onto bigger drone combs by Prof Baudoux's measurements that
got this whole thing going worldwide, then do so.

You are over 21 and that is your option.

I believe in simplicity for showing, quick and simple, not
long drawn out waiting on bigger combs for what???

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby




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