In a message dated 1/16/2004 6:14:09 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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>Swarm Queens are always the best queen as they are raised in the
>best of conditions.
>  Charlie



I haven't found supercedure queens to be inferior, and don't think they are
necessarily raised in poor conditions. Some would say that raising queens
from swarm cells would lead to colonies more prone to swarming.

Mike...opening a can of worms.
Mike,

Ok! It seems that supercedure queens would have the very youngest eggs with
which to produce queens. This would mean larger queens, who get fed more royal
jelly.

Worms, worms, worms.....


Kathy Cox, Northern California, Italian, 14 hives
www.kathycox.frankcox.net

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