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Re: Queen eggs bigger than worker eggs?
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>After reading this thread for a while, I wonder how a graft from a worker cell would make a very good Queen?

Well, the fact is that they do!

I have just finished searching through my Stud Book to look at the performance of queens that came from grafts and I found no evidence that any of them were inferior to naturally produced queens in any way, either in terms of longevity or performance.  I should perhaps add that I do not routinely use grafting to produce large numbers of queens; rather, I use it to increase my stock of queens from lines that I consider to be desirable, i.e. it is a breeding tool.

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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