In a message dated 04/02/04 05:04:26 GMT Standard Time, James Kilty writes:


>  I have had a beekeeper from Scotland talk about having had
> bees very much smaller than mine, a strain in a highland glen which he
> had not seen anywhere else.  But this last may be another effect of the
> different sized foundation in use in
> the UK. I use 5.45mm compared with a perhaps more common 5.7mm.


I believe that Murray McGregor, who is a very large beekeeper in Scotland,
uses a cell size of about 5.2.

Chris

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