Hugo Thone wrote:
> Is there any reason why queens sometimes wait until all brood is emerged
> before they start laying fresh eggs ?

Could it be that in fact the queen did not wait at all with her laying of 
eggs, but that some of the eggs or sperm that she carried and used at the 
time was infertile? Was the reason for the bees to clean those cells perhaps 
the fact that bad eggs had just recently been removed from them?

Regards,

Ron van Mierlo 

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