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Re: Installing a new queen
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Adam Finkelstein <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 5 Jul 1997 08:18:41 -0400
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On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, \Dr. Pedro P. Rodriguez wrote:
 
>  By the time that takes to eat the candy, the bees have
> adapted to the pheromones of the new queen and she is "home free."
 
Hello. Interesting. Since the new queen most probably has the same
"pheromones" as the old queen, maybe her body odor is diferent-- that is
maybe her physiological odor is unique, not her pheromonal odor?
Her cuticular odor?
Just musing.
Adam
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