Clipping prevent the queen from flying off, the bees reurn to the colony and
will swarm (with the young queen) if more than one queen cell has been
reared.
with supercedure the two queens stay in the same colony until the older
queen perishes. Clipping has no effect on supercedure.
Ruary
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From: "Dee Lusby" <[log in to unmask]>>
> Exactly, clipping prevents her from flying off with a swarm
> to leave the new supercedure queen to take over.
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