Dave:
but we should bear in mind that we are talking about very
low levels of these unusual behaviours, compared to normal
'queen laid' eggs.

Reply:
Now Dave, if 1 in 10,000 is ratio and with unlimited
broodnest management for strong production commercial
colonies you run 4-5 deeps like Farrar used to write about
and many still run, you are talking bee populations of
70,000 to many more bees.....

So just thinking here that means 7-10 possible per colony
and in strong yard per hive that means how many good hives?

Also, with failing queens and therefore the hole for
enlarging the seeing of such phenomania the odds also would
go up.

After all, how many have seen a queen laying full bore up
above frame after frame and then down below in looking at
colony then see small patches of worker brood eggs freshly
laid? Of couse she is running up and now and not sticking
to main frame she is on.....right ????  ;>)

Yet beekeepers have been taught for decades to destroy
laying workers............yet it is natural for hives and
bees for failing queens and say queens failing to return
from mating flights....

By the way was that egg stolen they used? Ever hear of
that?

Respectfully submited,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/

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