>
> >>>>   It would be of interest to experimentally make colonies queenless,
> and then mark subsequently-emerging workers with paint.  Then one could
> track whether they became diutinus bees, whereas the earlier-emerging bees
> might die off pretty quickly.
> <><><>   Wondering if results would differ if queens were caged instead of
> having the colonies queenless. Mike in LA
>

Good catch Mike--that would be an even better design.  I just finished
speaking with another researcher--she said that in Norway, doing such an
experiment in summer resulted in the formation of high Vg bees in two weeks.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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