The Events Following Queen Cell Construction in Honeybee Colonies
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Apicultural Research
- Vol. 1 (1) , 3-5
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.1962.11100039
Abstract
Colony behaviour in queen replacement was studied for months in 6½ months in 10 colonies of honeybees. Traps attached to colony entrances collected dead queens. The pattern of queen replacement was found to be extremely variable, and the data indicate: (1) that neither swarming nor supersedure necessarily follows maturation of queen cells; (2) that one or more queens may be reared and rejected before swarming or supersedure occurs, if it does at all.Keywords
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