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Re: Queen caging for varroa
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Randy Oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Feb 2021 18:47:19 -0800
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All good points Patrick!
Re your question, it appears to be the presence of replacement nurse bees
that causes "aging" to kick in, since the previous nurses then shift to the
progression of mid-age and finally foraging duties.  Without replacement
bees emerging, the potential nurses just kinda shift to diutinus physiology.

In our California climate, a good-sized colony in August can greatly reduce
broodrearing due to thymol treatment, and then rapidly rebound if given
pollen sub in September.  I suspect that it would be similar with a 2-week
induced brood break.

Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
530 277 4450
ScientificBeekeeping.com

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