> After their queen has left with a swarm, orphaned
 > larvae exhibiting rebel traits emerge in honeybee
 > colonies. As adults, these orphans have reduced
 > food glands to feed the colony’s larvae and more
 > developed ovaries to selfishly reproduce their
 > own offspring.


Interesting.  I wonder if the amount of time queenless and the
length of time for new queens to release might affect the
amount of supersedure of these new queens?

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