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Kerry,
Your post confirms the effect that I have been experiencing.
Since I began this debate it appears that others have found
this too. Do you know if Wyborn, M. had any further
publications from his/her M.Sc. thesis. I have searched
BIDS literature bank with no joy
> M. Wyborn. 1991. Mass Storage of Honey Bee Queens
During the Winter.
> M.Sc. Thesis Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, B.C. 121
p. encountered
> the problem of sequential addition of queens to a queen
bank. I don't
> immediately see the discussion, but as I recall, queens
in the same
> laying condition could be accepted by a bank, but when
any subsequent
> "fresher" queens were added, most of the previous batch
of queens would
> die within a few days.
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> The best results (60 % survival after 6 months, with
subsequent summer
> performance the same as for queens wintered in 5 frame
nucs) obtained
> were from outdoor bank colonies prepared from strong 2
queen colonies (3
> std boxes in Sept, reduced to 2 in October), queens
removed 24 hr before
> adding bank frames with up to 48 queens in cages 2.5 mm
mesh without
> attendants. All Q cells removed 1 week after
introducing bank frames.
>
>
> Kerry Clark, Apiculture Specialist
> B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
> 1201 103 Ave
> Dawson Creek B.C.
> V1G 4J2 CANADA Tel (250) 784-2231
fax (250) 784-2299
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