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Bigger Queens, Better Queens - Part 1 What does the Apiarist have to say?

17 February 2024 18:47 | Anonymous member (Administrator)


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The Apiarist

Bigger queens, better queens – part 1

David

February 16 

Synopsis: Recent research on the maternal effect in honey bees suggests queen rearing using worker larvae may produce undersized and underperforming queens. Introduction The majority of books and articles I’ve read on queen rearing emphasise that bigger queens are better queens. The rationale is simple. Bigger queens are better because their larger abdomens contain more […]

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