Cam Bishop

I see some supersedure cells in my packages from time to time. I knock them down and almost always, after the brood is capped they quit trying to replace her.

my comments...
At a given time of the season (normally early on when the day vs night time temperature has a significant swing) I see some of the same thing here with nucs and do much as you describe above with the same end results.  Often overlooked is the amount of superscedure that is beekeeper induced < this can be excessive intrusion into the hive before any brood goes larval or the 'improper' flipping of one frame that throws a small patch of eggs to the outside edge of the primary cluster.

Gene in central Texas   

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