Hi All

Another aspect of this phenomena of 'top up mating', is the possibility that
the second flush of young could be from a supersedure queen that is laying
alongside a now barren mother. Many beekeepers do not observe such
daughters, because they are convinced that the marked queen is the one
responsible for the eggs and the un-marked daughter goes un-noticed.

Those apparent top up mating flights that have been directly observed, may
have been such daughters that were un noticed, because the marked 'old'
queen was found and assumed to be the one flying for mating.


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