Dee Lusby wrote:

>Reply:
>Nah, this cannot be! This was the Golden Age of Beekeeping
>and honey production was at it highest, especially for the
>war effort.
>

Ahhh the Golden Age.  "Golden Ages" exist purely in the mind of the
sentimental.  They can only be perceived with a retrospectroscope tuned
to maximum subjectivity.  I belevie Jim F can do the calculations
necessary to provide the settings to at least the thrid decimel point. .
. . ;)  If you had the ability to travel back in time to the so called
"Golden Age" of anything, and asked around - the vast majority would
fail to perceive how good they have it.

>The trend was to keep going bigger and bigger for more
>production.Don't do that if things are bad.
>

If, as is often suggested, cells were upsized to enhance honey
production, there was apparently an active effort to improve a perceived
problem, not that life was sweet and golden and carefree.  It suggests,
to the careful observer that someone perceived things to be less than
idea, and was looking for a remidy.

Keith

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