In message <000f01c3ecb2$011086e0$8101000a@unit5>, Steve Rose
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>I hope to select
>in future from within my present strain to reduce things like defensiveness
>without losing the supercedure trait.  My one worry was that late queens may
>have difficulty in finding a plentiful supply of drones which could compete
>for her.
We have late drones here and supersedure is common from July on,
especially during the summer flow. Unfortunately it comes with a price -
a few years ago several of my supersedures failed because autumn was
awful and the colonies died out taking the trait with them. I had hoped
the old queens would have carried on, but they didn't - they had left it
rather late. Occasionally we have spring supersedures and those colonies
have overwintered their drones.
--
James Kilty

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