Hi Trevor & all

> If you take the brood to the top tier and there is no
> pheromone getting to those bees at the top, I would
> imagine it would be an emergency response and not a
> supercedure response.  In a supercedure response it
> would be to pheromone failing over time, not being
> cut off in one go.

It is not a clear cut as you suggest, there are many 'shades' to supersedure
depending on whether the colony is queenright or not, whether the new queen
will replace the old or lay alongside her for a short or a long time.

One thing I have been looking at in order to get some insight as to why two
or more queens might benefit a colony, is that multiple queens increase the
numbers of patrilines in a colony, which in turn may confer some benefit in
division of labour terms.


Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net
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