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Re: SUPERSEDURE OF QUEENS
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Randy Oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 12 Sep 2020 20:11:58 -0700
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 > In a great many instances, the old queen to become superannuated and
cease breeding entirely, and the bees made no preparation for supersedure,
and the swarm became queenless in consequence.

That would be an evolutionary dead end for that bloodline.  One would think
that in an unmanaged population, that there would be strong selective
pressure against it occurring.


Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
ScientificBeekeeping.com

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