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Re: Which bees go with the swarm?
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Kevin McMahon <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:20:15 -0600
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Tom Seeley, in his presentation "honeybee democracy" in which he studies 
how a swarm finds a new home stated that there are anywhere from 300-500 
scout bees in a swarm made up of "the most experienced foragers in the 
colony"...which of course would mean these are older bees.  He does not 
cite age in any other literature I could find, however if there is 
anyone that would have that type of documented data, it would be Tom 
Seeley.

Kevin McMahon
Bear Creek Honey

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