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Dave Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:34:14 -0600
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Could someone explain the mechanisms by which the intercaste workers replace
the EHB queen.  I realize that these intercastes confuse the hive with a
pheromone like the queen pheromone,
do they also lay viable eggs?  What percentage of the eggs are
worker/drone?  Is this also a case where
the intercaste lays worker eggs but she (or do you say it) hasn't been
fertilized?  Are they always accepted as the "new queen"
or do they just fight better?  What about the intercaste herself, how did
she develop?

Just asking  .. Dave

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