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Re: Measuring Mite Immigration
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 6 Jan 2018 08:42:54 -0800
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> >I disagree that queen attractiveness causes the phenomenon of uneven
> distribution of bees following package installation.


I'm surprised by the above statement Pete.  We set out thousands of nucs
each spring for mating.  In a small proportion, we accidentally allow a
queen to slip through.  So in a mating yard of 50 nucs, there may be one or
two that contain a queen.

By the next day, bees from the queenless nucs will have drifted to the few
queen-containing nucs to the extent that they can't all fit inside.  That
suggests to me that queen attractiveness indeed results in the drift and
uneven distribution of bees.

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

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