{"id":248,"date":"2019-07-07T20:22:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T18:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.beefree.es\/?p=248"},"modified":"2025-08-28T21:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:18:35","slug":"evidences-bee-cells-were-much-smaller-in-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.resistantbees.es\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"evidences \u2013 bee cells were much smaller in the past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Markus copied this from old beekeeper books owned by Dee Lusby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>These are the evidences that the bee cells were much smaller in the past and were artificially enlarged.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"\">And be careful when comparing the antigue cell sizes and from 1893 onwards.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"\">It was previously measured by the rhumbus method, and later<a href=\"\/?p=108#fatal\"> by the square decimeter method introduced by Baudoux<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>american_bee_journal_1878<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/american_bee_journal_1878.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/american_bee_journal_1878.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>american_bee_journal_1878<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/american_bee_journal_1878_1.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/american_bee_journal_1878_1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>american_bee_journal_sept_1897<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/american_bee_journal_sept_1897.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/american_bee_journal_sept_1897.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>american_bee_journal_sept_1897<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/american_bee_journal_sept_1897_2.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/american_bee_journal_sept_1897_2.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>bee_world_oct_1932<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/bee_world_oct_32.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/bee_world_oct_32.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>bee_world_march_1937.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/bee_world_march_37.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/bee_world_march_37.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>bee_world_april_1937<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/bee_world_april_1937_cell_sizes.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/bee_world_april_1937_cell_sizes.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greece<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/greece_1.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/greece_1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/greece_2.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/greece_2.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/greece_3.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/greece_3.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia August 1927<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/worker_bees_from_drone_cells.jpeg\" alt=\"Bild\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/dee\/worker_bees_from_drone_cells.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlarged image<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Compilation of the 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