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The age of queen honeybees and the tendency of their colonies to swarm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. Simpson
J. Simpson
Affiliation:
Bee Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station
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Swarm preparations are leas frequent (at least during July and August in southern England) among colonies with queens reared in the current year than among those with queens of the previous year (Simpson, 1957). Queens which had survived one and two winters are now considered; they are described as 1- and 2-year-old, respectively.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , April 1960 , pp. 195
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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