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Re: Queen Effeciency
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Thu, 16 Aug 2018 23:11:12 +0100
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> I have a colony currently that is exhibiting the trait 

Me too.  I spent today with bee inspectors (checking colonies for a local outbreak of EFB and also looking for small hive beetle and tropilaelaps, not sure why ...).

In one colony we saw a queen at the end of her fourth season.  There was also a queen cell with a dead larva in it, so I expected a supersedure queen.  Sure enough, I found her a couple of frames later.

The colony had a good 60lbs of honey - not bad given the two months with no rain that we have had - and the  brood was wall-to-wall.

Incidentally, the colony shows all the traits of A.m.m. and is very good tempered.

I would be very happy if all my colonies showed the same characteristics!

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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