Hi Peter

 > Seeley and Morse's 1976 study shows that worker cell size is uniform
 > and averages 5.2 mm in width.

If you take an average you will come up with a single size. How does he 
quantify the variations that he encountered and does he attribute any 
cause to the variations ?

It only takes a pair of callipers a cut-throat (open) razor and maybe a 
magnifying glass to look for yourself, have you tried this ?

We are not talking difficult or technical here, anybody can do this on 
their kitchen table. I have, and I have not seen uniformity, in fact if 
you measure precisely enough it is hard to find two cells the same.


Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net
Short FallBack M/c, Build 6.02/3.1 (stable)

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