> cue for shutting down is very strong, cessation of forage and/or onset of
> cold weather. However, she may simply restart after a given period
> (diapause?).
>>>>What would need to be confirmed is
whether it is the queen who begins laying eggs, or whether it is the nurses
that stop consuming them and start feeding them.
<><><> How about the supposition that the attendant bees stop feeding the queen prolifically and thus causing her to shut down egg laying and then the resumption of copious feeding to start her to laying again?
Mike in LA
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