In a message dated 31/05/2010 23:33:37 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]  
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<<This is what I have always been told or read, but I have a  question.  It 
is 
my understanding the queen is unable to fly when she  is actively laying. 
What is the point of absconding without a queen or am  I missing something?

Coleene>>
    Good point, if she really can't fly. I've always  suspected smoke 
worked because it messed up dommunications within the hive,  which rely to a fair 
degree on scent.

 
 
Regards,

Robert Brenchley
Birmingham  UK

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