>
> >It is now clear that there are 5 female
> castes in a honeybee colony: the queen (reproductive
> caste) plus 4 age subcastes among the workers
> (cell cleaning caste, broodnest caste, food storage
> caste, and forager caste).


Not to mention the guard and soldier subcastes.


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

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