Jose >Caged virgin and mated queens isolated from direct contact with workers tend to have more bacteria.
Thanks for this study. Along with the transportation issues raised by Pettis, it adds to the list of questions about the unintended results of caging queens for production purposes. More always seems better but in this case it may not be.
Bill Hesbach
Cheshire CT
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