Waldemar,
At least you can appraise and see what is happening, and
then choose a holding pattern until things can be worked
around more for now with a more neutral treatment for
contamination, and not hurting bees too bad if timed
properly. 

In the mean time, you are cutting out established swarms,
and collecting bees to keep stocks up that are more in tune
locally and not so mongrelized.

 It's surprising how many would rather put the bandaids on,
rather then try to see more natural means available, and
how they work, though right now, it, to many, still isn't
cost effective for retooling, though in starting up new,
the situation is different, for there is nothing to have to
throw away and flatout replace like many commercial would
have to do. 

I see you have read about the pseudoscorpins in India, but
they are also found in many places of the USA also, at
least out here, and we watch for them at times when working
colonies, just like the little or bigger real scorpins. Why
import when something is already here? But then that is
another topic perhaps. And will it ever really fly anyways?

But getting back, the size of the cell has bearing in that
it creates in a way, the size of the worker bee, that then
sets the stage for the size of the drones and queens; and
by changing/fine tuning back to more natural smaller
sizings used back turn of 1900, you get more versatility
for foraging smaller herbals/medicinal plants for better
brood turns spring and late summer. You also get a
different aerodynamic body build in your bees for both
foraging, and mating. Besides You throw in the lessening of
mite reproduction too,and yes, you have in a way an
alternative protocol that many are not using and IMPOV
should, and which you seem to be seeking.

Would be nice if pierco would comply as you would seem to
want if available, but pierco is stubborn at times and then
too, retooling moulds is costly, and the sales would need
to be there, just like with the new Honey Super Cell
completely drawn out frames now on the market.

 By the way did you know that the bottom of the cells in
the HSC frames are .1mm smaller so that with queens laying
in, and knowing that the royal jelly is filled to a certain
height, that you are within the realm of a decent 4.9 frame
on the actual bottom of the cells, and by approaching 4.85
halfway up the inside of the cell, you have the royal jelly
for the most part below that line, which helps to give it
better control for what it is advertised to do. For the 4.9
ID on the opening is more in line with a 5.0 cell counting
cell walls in 10 linear measurements, but with the
reduction in the bottom due to the injection processing, it
is more in line where actually needed for the brood, and on
top is more in line for extracting, for more ease in
getting honey out IMPOV having looked at the frames.

Just take 2-3 frames to do an initial shakedown in small
nuc, and put say SC 4.9 foundation around it later when
queen laying in, and the bees have something to key to for
queen to lay in automatically fully drawnout, and then feed
in more economical foundation later to build up. Of course
if you have the money from almond pollenation then just go
for it and have brood comb and honey extracting combs both
from an interchangeable standpoint that are durable.

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby 

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