"Susan L. Nielsen" wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Dave Cushman wrote:
>
> > In most beeking practiced in the western world the bees get little
> > choice...They are given foundation with cellbases already impressed on it
> > and because the bees are able to adapt to it they will use it because it is
> > there.
>
> Maybe I've missed it, because there has been a lot of traffic in this
> thread, but it seems to me the logical test situation for this theory
> would be feral hives.


Or someone using TBHs.

My TBH did not survive the spring attack of two field mice, so I don't
have any comb to measure. But, someone with a TBH in operation could
answer the question of "natural" cell size since no man made foundation
is involved.


AL