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Wed, 26 Jul 2017 06:43:36 -0400
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Peter wrote:

"Seems to me that pheromones are probably more significant than genetics (OK, perhaps pheromones are linked to the genetics, but you probably know what I mean!). "



I have often noticed a deterioration in temper a few weeks before bees swarm, long before there are queen cells, so I assume that it is triggered by the decreasing queen substance available to them.


Chris

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