Since this is an informed discussion, I get uneasy when practices are
promoted based upon superstition rather than evidence.
Question: is there any supporting evidence that dumping the bees on the
ground away from the hive prevents the laying worker(s) from returning? Or
is this simply a commonly-practiced superstition?
Does anyone know whether a simple controlled trial has ever been performed
to see whether it makes a bit of difference to go through the motions? It
would be very easy to perform such a trial by creating a group of laying
worker colonies, and then attempting to requeen them all with a nuc, but
only shaking the bees in half of them.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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