Keith Benson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>...Jim F has occasionally suggest to people who doubt that bees "draw
foundation out" use a sheet of the colored stuff and see what they get.>
Might be interesting, but subject to judgment. I would think the results
from that experiment would certainly not be acceptable to anyone in the
scientific community.
If you had a good scale, perhaps weighing a piece of foundation before and
after cells built would more decisive.
Joe Waggle
Derry, PA
“Bees Gone Wild Apiaries”
FeralBeeProject.com
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricalHoneybeeArticles
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