{"id":294,"date":"2019-07-09T19:56:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T17:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.beefree.es\/?p=294"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:31:55","slug":"cell-size-of-the-cape-bee-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.resistantbees.es\/?p=294","title":{"rendered":"Cell size of the cape bee in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of our colleagues was recently in South Africa, where he has measured common foundation, which is sold in a country store.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here are pictures of the foundation from southern Africa, near Hermanus. From a country store which just sells frames, hives, clothes and honey, but it is not specifically for beekeepers.<\/p>\n<p>I have measured (outer cell wall 1 to inner cell wall 10):<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4,65mm \/ 4,65mm \/ 4,85mm<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(These are the measurements in 3 different directions of the hexagonal cells)<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is far less than the 4.9mm and you remember that the usual cell size in Europe is 5,4mm!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And it is said that the Cape honey bee has now no more problems with Varroa mites!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><em>click to enlarge<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/sa_2a.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/sa_2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/sa_1a.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.resistantbees.com\/fotos\/blog\/sa_1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of our colleagues was recently in South Africa, where he has measured common foundation, which is sold in a country store. 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