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Subject:	Re: Resumption of egg laying / Temperature OR Feeding?
From:	allen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:23:09 -0500
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>Hi Joe,  no direct evidence, but consider this.  Prior to swarming, it
>appears that the queen is starved by the workers in order to slim down.
>That observation suggests that they refuse her solicitation. 

"It appears" and "suggests"?  Any evidence or reliable observations on record?

There could be other explanations, like a general torpor in the colony or some queen-specific reaction to some factor.

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