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Do bees move eggs?
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 9 May 2017 11:27:25 +0000
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Do bees move eggs laid by the queen otherwise than in cells?

Bee Craft (1950) 32(373), 69



A colony of dark-coloured Dutch bees was requeened with a (caged) Italian queen. The queen' s attendants were killed, but she was not released. Twenty-two days after introduction, the queen in the cage was very much alive, whilst brightly coloured young bees were present, and more were emerging from cells. One worker was seen at the cage carrying an egg much as an ant carries a pupa. The eggs deposited in cells adhered to them  very irregularly.  



Pete

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