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> Also Trevor just posted some
> excellent information on Anarchistic Bees on another
> thread. Could you somehow relate the two to me as to how
> you seem to say one thing; and yet what Trevor wrote
> relates more to old archives and just bees in general for
> what I consider some great traits we need back as an
> industry.
Being quoted, I thought I should seek some clarification as I am not sure
what I quoted is being used to prove. The information is not old. The
figures I quoted were from a conference last week. The paper is a few years
old. In that case, I have seen the drones above an excluder, laid by
worker/s, on two occasions. The once in the paper quoted and a month back.
This is certainly a trait I do not wise to have or breed for, unlike Dee if
I am interpreting her correctly. The main reason being is I do not want
unwanted brood above the excluder. It stops the bees clearing when I put on
a clearer board (escape board) and is a pain to extract.
This rare sighting, by me, would confirm the figure given for Apis mellifera
of less than 0.01% having workers with activated ovaries. As I said it is
not a trait I wish to see in my bees.
Not sure how the information I gave proves anything on the LC v's SC debate
unless it means that SC bees have this anarchistic behaviour.
Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA
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