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Re: Queen Banks
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Trevor Weatherhead <[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, 9 Jun 2017 08:31:32 +1000
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> I also recall during the course on genetics and AI he ran with Gretchen
Wheen following the Congress, he was unable to find any damage to the
supplied queens held in wooden cages with fly wire.

Don Nelson, when he was at Beaverlodge as I recall, did some work on mesh
size of the banking cage and damage to queen bees.  This would have been in
the 80's I think.  As I recall the larger the mesh size the less damage.

Trevor Weatherhead
Australia

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