Dave Cushman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>However I think his work has been misquoted and miss understood, the
>main thrust of his work was testing out the theory that acarine
>(tracheal mites) had a harder time infesting bees that had been raised
>in small cells.

Dave, 
I was referencing this study listed below that about the 'influence of 
Small-Cell Brood Combs on the Morphometry of Honeybees'  
not the tracheal mite study.

But please tell me, whatis miss quoted or miss understood about his 
statement in the abstract that says:
 
“Until the late 1800s honeybees in Britain and Ireland were raised in 
brood cells of circa 5.0 mm width. By the 1920s this had increased to 
circa 5.5 mm.” 

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The Influence of Small-Cell Brood Combs on the Morphometry of Honeybees 
(Apis mellifera)"

"Abstract - Until the late 1800s honeybees in Britain and Ireland were 
raised in brood cells of circa 5.0 mm width. By the 1920s this had 
increased to circa 5.5 mm. We undertook this study to find out if present 
day honeybees could revert to the cell-size of the 1800s..." 

http://www.edpsciences.org/10.1051/apido:2006041   

Joe Waggle 
Ecologicalbeekeeping.com 
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries' 
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