Dave Cushman wrote: ................... > Too many people are arguing about this...Rather than conducting the trails > themselves to broaden the data. You will get no help from the establishment > or from supply houses...Try asking for 4.9mm foundation and see what > assistance you get! > > I do not claim to have the answers nor these days do I have the resources or > physical strength for large scale trials, but for my own satisfaction I will > perform a few experiments...I have a feeling that there is much more in this > than most people are prepared to accept. The trials are not difficult so how > about some more activity? > ........................... > > The physical control method (cellsize) needs testing in wide open spaces on > large numbers of colonies. I would have thought that New Zealand had both > requirements in abundance. All that is really needed is the audacity to "go > for it". IMHO only, I really believe the Lusbys and others (who are in possession of rollers to produce small cell foundation) are missing the boat. They have produced a demand - - now who will fill it ?? Why couldn't South African foundation be imported even ?? - John Edwards, Tucson