a fatal mistake
" The old method of measuring results in much fewer cells per dm² as the new one introduced by Baudoux. Before Baudoux foundations with about 5 cells per inch were used, which corresponds to about 800 - 830 cells per dm ² according to the old measurement at 5.0 to 4.9 mm. But there was no conversion system and foundation manufacturers , after Baudoux, in the 20s till the 40s, took over the rate of 800 cells/dm ², but applied the new method of measuring. Thus it came to a cell sizes of about 5.4 mm. And apparently no one is aware of this serious error, because the size is maintained to the present day."
"Dee Lusby:
Prof Baudoux was so successful with his writing and his experiments, and so convincing , that manufacturing houses all started selling foundation with enlarged cells and claiming good results for the use of the same. Most of this work was done around the late 1920s through the 1930s and 1940s. (The result has been that this process of bigger is better with its resultant selling has never stopped, and continues up to modern day to the detriment now, that only enlarged oversized foundations (well beyond the bounds of possibility for bigger honeybees as envisioned by Prof Baudoux) are now only sold and standardized large at that, i.e. 5.7cm for 10 worker cells being about the largest)."
Priviti cum eroarea unui om ne urmareste si azi tocmai din 1920...nu pune nimeni la indoiala buna credinta a omului, insa uneori rezultatul poate fi dezastruos.
Cand Varoa a patruns in Europa a gasit o albina inadaptata natural sa lupte cu noua provocare, a gasit un teren propice sa-si faca de cap si sa se inmulteasca peste limitele normale, naturale si sa-si atraga denumirea de Varroa Destructor...pt ca distruge, decimeaza o colonie netratata in maxim 2-3 ani, lasata fara aparare albina in fata acestui dusman este expusa nu numai lui dar si tuturor bolilor conexe.
De unde ar fi putut sti Baudoux la momentul respectiv care vor fi consecintele faptului ca s-a jucat cu un echilibru natural atat de fin?
Nu pun la indoiala buna lui credinta dar din pacate nu a fost Dumnezeu sa creeze ceva perfect..a fost un simplu om care s-a jucat cu lucruri prea serioase.