> After their queen has left with a swarm, orphaned
> larvae exhibiting rebel traits emerge in honeybee
> colonies. As adults, these orphans have reduced
> food glands to feed the colony’s larvae and more
> developed ovaries to selfishly reproduce their
> own offspring.
Interesting. I wonder if the amount of time queenless and the
length of time for new queens to release might affect the
amount of supersedure of these new queens?
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