On 22 May 97 at 8:14, Bob Arnett wrote:
 
>  B. Will she lay queen cell eggs as though she will be leaving?
 
I have often queried this statement. Some books state that it is the
size of the cell which triggers the queen to fertilise the egg on
laying. Small worker cells will be fertilised, larger drone cells
un-fertilised.
        If this is correct, how come a large queen cell produces a
fertilised egg?
 
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