Hi Allen & all

> That makes me wonder about terminology

Often a problem on either side of the pond,

Allen's statement...
> When I think of 'supercedure', I think of a situation where replacement
> measures are begun by the bees while the original queen is still present,
> and a case where the cells are started after queen disappearance as being
> denoted as 'emergency replacement'.

Is exactly what I mean when I use the term 'supercedure', but reading
between the lines... I feel that many in the US do not make the distinction
between 'supercedure' and 'emergency'.

>  there an authoritative glossary somewhere?

I do not know about a glossary, but you cannot lump emergency and
supercedure together... The pressures on the bees are totally different.


Best Regards & 73s... Dave Cushman, G8MZY
Beekeeping & Bee Breeding Website...
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman