In a message dated 14/02/2008 12:55:27 GMT Standard Time,  
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; let me  
toss out the idea that maybe half of  all U.S. beekeepers have  infertile 
queens on moderate to 
heavily contaminated brood comb.  



Queens are reared in their own, freshly drawn, cells.  Granted there  may be 
a degree of recycling of wax within the hive, but even so, the new queens  are 
likely to have cradles much less contaminated than their plebeian  sisters.
 
Chris



   

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