This email really illustrates the difference in our "Holstein" 
bees and the S. African stock.
   - John Edwards

On Wed Jul 18 07:02:10 PDT 2007, Alastair A Botes <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

> In South Africa , we call it the 40 day method , 42 days is the 
> longest its taken me for a queen to exit / 14 days the quickest .

> Alastair Botes Cape Town .
> 
> I have never had a queen to come out of the wall that I have 
> known about.

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