On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:37:44 GMT, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> you never really know what is going to happen.  requeening changes
genetics, and it might influence some of what happens wrt microorganisms...
but it certainly isn't the equivalent in this regard (the specific makeup of
the microorganism culture) as making a split from a strong survivor hive.

I sincerely believe that what we think we know about bee genetics is going
to be overturned near term. The mechanisms which produce multiple
subfamilies in bee colonies have only just been identified, let alone
understood. It could be that everything we do and have done in the field of
bee breeding is wrong.

pb

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