At 01:12 AM 2/10/2004, you wrote:
>I had not heard of this before, is it true? Are there any clarifying
>pictures around
>that show this?
Sort of. Queens do release themselves as workers do. But they don't
eat/chew up the whole cap like the workers do, rather they chew around the
cap often leaving a circular lid attached to the cell. I've observed this
many times. Once when installing ripe cells pulled a bit later than I
should have due to weather, several were actively chewing their way out,
and one managed to free itself in the box. Unfortunately I don't have
pictures (perhaps I'll take some this year). I did find one on the web,
but of a less than typical case in my
experience. http://www.three-peaks.net/bee_life.htm
-Tim
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