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Subject:
Does Wax Production Age Bees?
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Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:08:26 -0600
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Does anyone know if producing wax

 1. ages bees or if it
 2. extends their life, or if
 3. it has no effect on lifespan?

Bees hang inactive while making wax.  I'm wondering if the process uses
irreplaceable resources from the individual bee, if the inactive period
slows aging, or neither.

allen
http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/Diary/

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