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Re: Myth Buster
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 5 Aug 2013 05:39:40 -0700
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I've long been curious as to whether the presence of drones is necessary
for a colony to initiate swarming.  The rationale is that if a colony
swarmed and there were no drones in the local area that there would be none
to mate with the queen.  A colony might "judge" whether there were drones
available based upon whether it had mature drones itself.  This may also be
a reason why drones drift from hive to hive.

Does anyone know of any research in which the investigator manipulated
drone presence to prevent swarming?

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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