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Re: Fw: Raising queens
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Sat, 7 Feb 2004 06:57:02 -0500
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>My opinion on supersedure queens is as such, in a queen loss the bees
>select lava of varying ages some too old to be a good queen over 3 days
>old this queen emerges first then cuts all the good queens leaving a
>inferior queen to head the hive.


Emergency cells and supercedure cells are different. Supercedure cells are
started from an egg, with the intention of replacing the old queen.
Emergency cells are started from a larvae, after the old queen has been
lost. The above post seems to say they are one and the same.

Mike


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