In a message dated 4/15/99 10:36:51 AM EST, [log in to unmask] writes:
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> Does anyone have any references or personal experience that confirms that
> the results of emergency queen rearing are indeed inferior?
>
If they are raised during a flow and plenty of food is coming in the unmated
queen is fat dumb and happy. If the weather and the availability of drones is
favorable you get good queens.
If any of the three are lacking you get runts and poor mating and eventual
collapse or supercedure.