Hi Waldemar

> Do you think each race could have a mean or a median size around which variations could be measured?  I suspect bees don't want to raise one-size bees.  I'd think a colony that has a range of bee sizes is more adaptable to its floral sources etc. throughout the season.

There probably is a median for each race/strain, but I reckon it would
be hard to find and define in most of todays bees, for reasons of lack
of purity of race and long term use of foundation that was of an
inappropriate size for the race or strain concerned.

The figures that were observed and recorded in the period around 1880
would be good bets, but even then I would not put too much on their
accuracy.


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