On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 19:09:04 -0700, D. Murrell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>Number one, if it is the small cells that are doing it then changing the
>>combs would be sufficient to reduce varroa in anybody's hives. In other
>>words, I would buy little cells, put them in, and varroa not a problem.
>>
>>Nobody is saying this, though....
>>
>Well, maybe almost nobody. But that almost nobody is most certainly me.


Well, in your own words:

"I think that much of the positive aspects attributed to the small cell bees
can actually be attributed to the lack of pesticides in the hives equipment.
Clean wax is almost everything."

I. G.

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