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Re: Long lived bees
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Ghislain De Roeck <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 May 2016 07:43:12 +0200
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>It's also amazing how long the workers continue to live in a queenless colony.

Randy: In these colonies, the situation is the same as in late summer/autumn: no brood => no or little use of vitellogenin => long living bees?

Kind regards,


Ghislain De Roeck,
Belgium.

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