In a message dated 14/02/2008 12:55:27 GMT Standard Time,
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; let me
toss out the idea that maybe half of all U.S. beekeepers have infertile
queens on moderate to
heavily contaminated brood comb.
Queens are reared in their own, freshly drawn, cells. Granted there may be
a degree of recycling of wax within the hive, but even so, the new queens are
likely to have cradles much less contaminated than their plebeian sisters.
Chris
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