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Re: Laying Workers
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Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:32:41 -0400
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I feel that you may have misinterpreted Engels.  My reading is that
he is saying that there is a 20% change of that virgin being unsuccesful at
mating and then commencing egglaying--not that she failed as a queen.

Yes, that's what I meant. The post was in the context of laying workers, and this loss on mating flights is a major contributor to failure due to queenlessness. Obviously, there are many routes to failure

PLB

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