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Re: Organic Honey Certification Impossible in U.S.
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Ruary Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:26:26 -0000
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Clipping prevent the queen from flying off, the bees reurn to the colony and 
will swarm (with the young queen) if more than one queen cell has been 
reared.

with supercedure the two queens stay in the same colony until the older 
queen perishes. Clipping has no effect on supercedure.

Ruary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dee Lusby" <[log in to unmask]>>
> Exactly, clipping prevents her from flying off with a swarm
> to leave the new supercedure queen to take over.

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