Dave,
Thinking more again on what you wrote also about the
experiment, was it done with either fully regresssed bees
back down to old sizing of your area or where the testing
was done, of the turn of the 1900s and/or on bees in a
natural setting found say in S. Africa, etc. or was it done
on an intermetiate sizing and taken from there? as this
would make a difference too. For I would think you would
have to start with original sizing parameters to then
enlage and see what happens. How did the changes say relate
to Baudoux's measurements, and others early on, concerning
body part changes, as the bees in this experiment were
enlarged up?

Also, one more question: As the first thoraxic spherical is
not hardened yet when the trachael mites go in to eat and
lay internally, and is still somewhat elastic I would
think, was this too should be factored into the
consideration for possible expansion, for allowing mites
in. Still wanting the know the range of expansion of
opening on the various enlarged sizings as 5.4mm to 5.5mm
is average and I know it can go up to 5.9mm in parts of UK
and EU.

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
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