Hi Bob
> I have seen plenty of balling the queen when hand
> releasing queens. The most was with trying to introduce
> a Russian queen into an Italian nuc.
There is a subtle difference in the balling behaviour, between the case
of an introduced queen and one that is already ensconced.
There is an aggression associated with disliked introduced queens that
involves a lot of biting (you can see this as a winking of a little
white spot on the rear of the workers heads) in the other case there is
no biting and the movement of the ball is more noticeable, the writhing
is a little like a shoal of fish changing direction in unison.
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Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
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