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Subject:	Re: bees ball the queen
From:	Dave Cushman <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:49:43 +0000
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Hi Bob

 > I have seen plenty of balling the queen when hand
 > releasing queens. The most was with trying to introduce
 > a Russian queen into an Italian nuc.

There is a subtle difference in the balling behaviour, between the case 
of an introduced queen and one that is already ensconced.

There is an aggression associated with disliked introduced queens that 
involves a lot of biting (you can see this as a winking of a little 
white spot on the rear of the workers heads) in the other case there is 
no biting and the movement of the ball is more noticeable, the writhing 
is a little like a shoal of fish changing direction in unison.


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