--- "D. Murrell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

...When I placed bees
> that had successfully survived on small cell into
> clean, large cell comb
> hives, they had all the advantages attributed to
> small cell bees except for
> mite tolerance. Clean comb is very important.

I don't think this can be attributed to clean comb
alone. How can one be sure that the accompanying brood
break does not factor in?   Or the elimination of mite
infested drone brood?  Or reorganization of broodnest?
 Or weeding off of varroa and other disease by
artificial swarming?  Or the elimination of
contaminated comb?  Could also be the open broodnest
effect,,, aiding the colonies ability to out brood
mites and disease,,, Bro. Adam does state that "an
open broodnest is essential,,,"

As some say that you cannot attribute success to small
cell alone,,, let's be equal here now,,, you cannot
attribute these results and success of some small cell
beekeepers bassed on clean comb alone.  Too many other
factors contribute here.  But I will also add that an
open broodnest is instructed as an essential part of
small cell beekeeping time and again by us small cell
guru's.

Joe
Derry, Pennsylvania




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