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Re: Was this a goog idea or good luck
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Eric Abell <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:23:07 -0600
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At 09:22 PM 16/09/97 GMT+0200, you wrote:
>Hi All
>
>I checked on one of my favourite beeyards yesterday and I found that
>something I tried had worked. We have a peculiar quirk around here
>that workers will lay eggs if a queen dies and these will be raised
>and develop into other workers as opposed to drones as normal. So,
>when one of my hives developend laying workers it rapidly atrophied
>into a lethargic irritating five frame hive with a bad laying
>pattern.
 
I would like to hear more about these laying workers.  Could it be that
there is a poor queen running around laying eggs?
 
Eric
 
Eric Abell
Gibbons, Alberta Canada T0A 1N0
Ph/fax (403) 998 3143
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