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Re: Newbie question
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Steve Rose <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 4 May 2004 23:16:53 +0100
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> In a message dated 5/4/2004 8:22:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> I also saw a dead worker head in a cell.

I can't claim to know the answer to this but my beginner's guess would
be that wax moth may have exposed the bee before it was ready to
emerge.  Perhaps a more experienced beekeeper may care to comment on
my guess.

Steve Rose Derbyshire, UK

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