--- On Thu, 12/27/12, Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Africanized and European honey bees are similar in size but Africanized honey bees are slightly smaller with average worker cell diameters of 4.8-4.9 mm versus 5.2-5.3 mm for European bees (RINDERER 1982 J. Apic. Res., 21, 98-103).

reply;
Really? Guess he couldn't go back and read and reference old archives with writings of Langstroth, Ruttner, Georgandas, Baudoux, Grout, Schwammerdamn, Reaumnur, Castellon, Betts, Root, etc....just off the top of my head thinking now. Oh, and wasn't this the time of the ruler mesurement gig for buying/selling?.....hehe
 
 
Dee A. Lusby

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