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Re: Queen Longevity
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Fri, 3 Feb 2006 15:46:54 +1000
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>I have recently heard that the longevity of insturmentally inseminated 
>queens is not very long, normally being two or three months.

The queens that we use as breeders are II and they last at least 2 to 3 
years.  Some may only last a short time but hey, so do some open mated 
queens.  After all, how many horses are bred from the best genetic stock and 
end up in tins of dog food?  I find the II queens OK for our purpose as 
breeders.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA
Coming to Apimondia in Australia in 2007? 

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