Markus copied this from old beekeeper books owned by Dee Lusby.
These are the evidences that the bee cells were much smaller in the past and were artificially enlarged.
And be careful when comparing the antigue cell sizes and from 1893 onwards.
It was previously measured by the rhumbus method, and later by the square decimeter method introduced by Baudoux:
http://www.resistantbees.com/zelle_e.html#fatal
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american_bee_journal_1878
american_bee_journal_1878
american_bee_journal_sept_1897
american_bee_journal_sept_1897
bee_world_oct_1932
bee_world_march_1937.
bee_world_april_1937
Greece
Russia August 1927
Compilation of the different cell sizes:
more info:
http://www.resistantbees.com/zelle_e.html
