Jim Moore wrote:
 
>         I'm wondering of some what is being noticed is
> a combination of normal queen mortality in conjunction
> failed matings as a result of diminished/nonexistent
> feral colonies.
 
In Alaska there are no feral colonies, so this explanation would not
apply to us.  Thus Occam suggests that it does not apply elsewhere since
Alaska also noticed an abnormal level of supercedures.
 
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"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Eagle River, Alaska
 
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