--- Dick Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A few weeks ago, I’d  posted that mites had wreaked
> havoc in my one
> small cell that had bees in it for two full seasons.
> You mentioned my
> problem was that I had failed to, as you said,
> “stabilize” the bees
> after they’d been on small cell for several
> generations.

Yes I did say that!  A few generations of
stabilization would serve to acclimatise your bees to
fit the environment (reference Brother Adam) and set
into the cell size better.  This would also serve to
dilute the un fit genetics.  IMO, this can be tougher
to do in areas where there are no ferals or too many
un acclimatized drones flying around.  Bob Harrison
said it right, "Beekeeping is both simple and
complicated at the same time"

> http://www.planetfusion.co.uk/~pignut/cheese.html

nice link Dick!

Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Small Cell Beekeeping
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
http://www.biologicalbeekeeping.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Organicbeekeepers/



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