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> The second process seems to be more hurried and happens in response to a
more urgent need to replace a queen, e.g. if she has been damaged or died;
I would suggest that we often do not know the reason. In this case
emergency cells are produced by enlarging worker cells, but can these ever
be called supersedure cells?
Peter, I'm very clear that this is a common *assumption.* What I'm
interested in is evidence to support that assumption.
Allow me to clarify:
I'm interested in the dissection of what appear to be supersedure cells
WHEN THERE IS A LAYING QUEEN PRESENT IN THE HIVE. In such cases, it would
not be an "emergency," and thus most likely considered as a supersedure.
I've asked some queen experts about this, and no one seems to have any
actual data--do you?
In my limited dissections to date, I have indeed found queenright colonies
with laying queens, but not in any condition to swarm, building what I'd
call supersedure cells on the sides of combs that were started from worker
larvae as opposed to an egg laid in a cup. I'm curious as to the degree of
prevalence of this, as opposed to the "pure" supersedure that you refer to.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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