--- Keith Malone <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

"....Royal Jelly is produced by the 'Worker Bee' from
its pharyngeal glands to feed the larva. When fed
lavishly to a larva, it hatches as a Queen Bee."


Thanks for the references Keith!  Very nice!  but they
do not specifically address 'feeding lavishly during
the first 3 days' as responsible for producing a queen
over a worker.

I guess the point I am attempting to make is that if
both worker and queen larvae are submerged in a "pool
of royal jelly" for 2 to 3 days.  In this condition,
they both have an 'all you can eat' diet available of
royal jelly, as they are both submerged in the food.

They already have an adequate diet in order to develop
and IMO would not consume more than they actually need
to. Any 'lavishly feeding' during these 3 days beyond
this adequacy would simply not be eaten by the larvae,
 as they are already consuming an adiquate diet of
royal jelly.

Bee Experts and Queen Breeders on the list,

Is this an assumption the bee experts and queen
breeders on this list are making?,,, or is there
'actual proof existing that a queen larvae eats more
royal jelly than a worker during the first 2 or 3 days
of larval development'?  Thanks!




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