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D. Murrell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
...I would suggest that anyone who does, do it on a small
>scale first. Don't follow some rigid set of procedures or methods, but
look
>for the principles behind them and adapt them to your own situation, bees
>and equipment...
Hi Dennis,
Getting back on track here.
I agree that small cell should be started on a small scale first, as you
would try any new beekeeping technique first on a few test colonies.
To refrence a famous beekeeper, In the case of the honeybee we confronted
not with isolated individuals but with a society, or to put it more
scientifically, with a superorganism, an extraordinarily well regulated
and well ordered system and a structure whose individual parts operate in
perfect harmony.
So if I may also add that it is essential that any procedures or methods
adopted in regressing bees to small cell regress the colony in it’s
entirety as a single organism, and not partially regress by adding a frame
here and there.
Enjoy your posts Dennis!
Keep up the good work informing others about small cell!
Best Wishes,
Joe Waggle
Ecologicalbeekeeping.com
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
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