In article <[log in to unmask]>, Lloyd Spear
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> the other bees do not open the cell.
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Not quite true. If you have ever seen a colony which is infested with
varroa mites, you will see that the bees do SOMETIMES uncap the cells. I
believe that they will also uncap cells when foulrood is present.
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Paul Walton
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Bedfordshire. England