> We have many years of data regarding rates of supercedure in commercial
bee
> operations in the Northwestern states - marked queens, 10-12 colonies per
> apiary, many apiaries, many years.

People often talk about supercedure as if it somehow reduces production,
but in my understanding, it should not.  In fact, I should think that
supercedure might often increase populations if the two queens co-exist for
some time, and should in the long term assure continuity of the colony.

To me it seems that what *could* reduce production is not the supercedure,
but the conditions that bring supercedure about in the first place -- like
a failing queen -- not the supercedure itself.

Does that fit with your perceptions, or am I missing something?

allen