Hi all on Bee-l

Lloyd wrote:
> In order to have laying workers, a hive has to
> have been queenless for around 5 weeks...

This is more like five or six days in UK.. In 5 weeks we
would only have about 50% of a colony left,

Reply:
Here I would agree with Lloyd for development of fully
functionable laying workers.

Question Dave: From what point in time would you start
counting the days for your 5-6 days in UK, concerning the
state of going from queen right to queenlessness with full
function laying workers?

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby

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