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Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:18:15 -0800
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> >The problem is when capensis invades scutellata and other races and the
> invading *workers* take over and after a time the hives becomes so
> overwhelmed with laying workers the hive crashes.


Bob, my understanding was that the capensis clones killed the scut queen,
and then the colony dwindled because the capensis laying workers simply
could not produce enough brood  to maintain the colony population.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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