Hi Trevor and Everyone,

> I have read in a couple of books and believe to have seen it that
emerging
bees may sometimes be small but they all feed on pollen and continue to
grow
to average size.

>We were told in years gone by by the experts here in Australia that bees
do
not get bigger after they are born....

I have been told the same thing. But wonder if it is true. I often marked
 my breeder queens when queen rearing. Immediately after mating, most of
the queens would be small in both the thorax and abdomen. A month later
most of those runts could look pretty impressive. The paint spots would
stay the same size(I think) but the thorax would be much larger.

Regards
Dennis

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