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Re: Older queens make bad moms?
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Chris Slade <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:33:36 EST
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In a message dated 07/11/2009 16:29:18 GMT Standard Time,
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Should I  be choosing the younger queens to raise new  queens?



Longevity is generally held to be a desirable quality in honeybees.
Insofaras it is heritable, the bee breeder may best detect and select it by
using old queens, possibly retired from active life to nuclei whence larvae may
be grafted.

Chris

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