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Re: Broodless period & varroa
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Marc Studebaker <[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, 9 Sep 2003 22:00:18 -0500
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    It would be very labour intensive and I would imagine that the hive
> would make queen cells with the result that you would be looking for a
> virgin queen if you made the break more than 2 weeks.

    I dont understand the reasoning here.  If the queen was caged more than
6 days and queen cells had not been started, there would be no viable larvae
to produce a queen.
Some food for thought.
Marc Studebaker

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