Hi All

The clip is from one of Allen Dick's posts... But the reply is addressed to
a wide audience that I hope includes a few researchers.

> I think there is definitely something to this and that enlarged cells
> are a bad idea.  I saw that in the results of our foundation experiment
> where Pierco beat out the larger cell size foundations in first year
> production.  I saw something when I went to visit Dee.
>
> I'd sure like to see an experiment that proves colonies established and
> operating on one size of cells beat out colonies on a different cell
> size, without complicating things by having too many other variables.

I pick out the words  " I saw something "  from the above text and can say
that I have also 'seen something'. I have made several appeals for more
research... On this list and others, as well as direct to some individual
research establishments, but so far no one is interested.

It is heartening that the recent study has been performed and I am grateful
that it has been made freely available, but there is more to be done.

I can see that there are some implications in intercomb spacing and packing
density that may well be appropriate to wintering under extremely cold
conditions... Surely that would be of benefit to Canadian/Alaskan beekeepers
and attract the attention of researchers from those regions?


Best Regards & 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
Beekeeping and Bee Breeding Website
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman

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