In article <[log in to unmask]>, Gerry Visel
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>Do I remember someone here saying that Africanized queens hatch out
>sooner than europeans, and kill the others off?  That would make it hard
>to breed the strain out!
>
>Gerry
 
Yes, I posted that.
 
The "Equinox" programme that was shown in the UK on 13th October
suggested that the africanized queens emerged from the cell up to one
day earlier than their european rivals. This gave the africanized queen
a distinct advantage over the european queen in terms of being able to
dominate the colony before a rival emerged.
 
I have fired a couple of questions at Channel 4 about the programme but,
as yet, I haven't received a reply.
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Paul Walton
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