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Subject:	Re: Failure to supersede
From:	Bill Hesbach <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 2 Aug 2020 19:43:05 -0400
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> Same for swarming. Large colonies in large hives often do not swarm, small colonies in small hives often do. 

Seeley would agree. 

> Queens from crowded honey bee colonies which were preparing to swarm contained no less (E)-9-oxodec-2-enoic acid (queen substance) than similar-age queens from uncrowded colonies not preparing to swarm. This finding is not consistent with the hypothesis that the mechanism regulating queen rearing for colony reproduction is a drop in the production of queen substance.


Seeley, T., & Fell, R. (1981). Queen Substance Production in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Colonies Preparing to Swarm (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 54(1), 192-196. 


https://www.jstor.org/stable/25084145?seq=1

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