Trevor:
> From what I see it is not a special bee that is bred for winter but a bee
> that is long lived because it has not participated in brood feeding.
> Could it be related to the use of say the hypopharyngeal glands?
That is what I was taught when I started beekeeping in 1981! Bees that have
not fed brood remain physiologically young.
Best wishes
Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/
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