On 6 Jun 99, at 9:04, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Ken, this will only work sometimes.  When the queen and her subjects
> decide to swarm she will slim down enough to fit through a queen excluder,
> and off they go.

I don't believe this statement is correct. It is the size of a queens
thorax not abdomen which controls the fit through queen excluders. Mind
you I've seen some very tiny scrubs which I think could fit through, but
they were underfed poor specimens.

> Norm in Ct.


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