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Re: winter kill
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:55:33 +0100
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Trevor:

> From what I see it is not a special bee that is bred for winter but a bee 
> that is long lived because it has not participated in brood feeding. 
> Could it be related to the use of say the hypopharyngeal glands?

That is what I was taught when I started beekeeping in 1981!  Bees that have 
not fed brood remain physiologically young.
Best wishes

Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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