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Re: Long Lived Queens & Long Lived Workers
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:25:37 -0000
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>  Ergo it wouldn't make any difference if they had a genetic propensity to live for a long time or not because the work involved killed them, not old age.

Would that also be true of a larger and stronger bee?  A.m.m. has been described as a 'burly' bee.

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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