>If correct, would that not have been reflected in both the size of our
colonies (assuming queens are still laying at the same rate) and our honey
crop.
The above is an excellent "ground truthing" test of the hypothesis. If
workers were indeed living only half as long, we would have definitely
noticed the huge decrease in colony size.
See my Fig. 4 at Understanding Colony Buildup and Decline: Part 5 -
Egglaying, Adult Survivorship, and Modeling Colony Growth - Scientific
Beekeeping
<https://scientificbeekeeping.com/understanding-colony-buildup-and-decline-part-5/>
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
530 277 4450
ScientificBeekeeping.com
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