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Re: Terminology
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:01:13 -0700
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> >It is now clear that there are 5 female
> castes in a honeybee colony: the queen (reproductive
> caste) plus 4 age subcastes among the workers
> (cell cleaning caste, broodnest caste, food storage
> caste, and forager caste).


Not to mention the guard and soldier subcastes.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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