On Behalf Of Christina Wahl


> 
> I wonder why any queen would lay an egg in a queen cup.  She can't be that
> "stupid"....???  The cell has a completely different orientation and the
> goal is to supplant her.  What triggers would prompt a queen to support
> supercedure....the same ones that support swarming?  Swarm cells as we all
> know are on the bottom edges of combs.

There is no difference in practice between swarm cells and supersedure
cells, other than the beekeepers judgement.  They will be placed wherever
convenient for the bees.  

Geoff Manning

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