podilato writes:

Is it possible a queen-less population to make a queen from
an ordinary bee cell?!

Dee Lusby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Reply:
Yes.


Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby

I  will add a qualification to Dee's answer.  They will make a queen from an  ordinary bee cell if the larva in that cell is three days old or less.   Older than that and then you get something that isn't all queen and isn't all  worker.  There is a name for the queen in that situation, but generally speaking it  spells curtains for the colony unless they get a true queen.

Mike in  LA
 		
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