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Killing the queen. Was: Formic effect on queens?
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Malcolm Roe <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 13 Apr 1994 13:58:33 +0100
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Jean-Marie Van Dyck said:
> I don't know the english term but in french we say "la
> reine est emballee" Jean-Pierre, peut-etre pourrais-tu traduire, merci!
 
My French is much worse than Jean-Marie's English but I think even I can
translate that!  In English, at least on this side of the Atlantic, we
talk of "balling the queen".
 
By the way, does anyone have any idea why workers don't just sting the
queen to dispose of her?
 
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