>Thus it would seem that some condition(s) that was/were peculiar to last
>year during the time you raised and mated your 2010 queens made them more
>susceptible to failure. Do you have anything in your notes that might point
>to some possibilities for this?
No. The queens were raised over the season and mated in different
locations. Problem is that we are talking low numbers here - only 14
queens - so it is not easy to extract any reliable statistics.
Best wishes
Peter
52.194546N, -1.673618W
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