Diane WellonsABSTRACT: Determining the wants of the honey bee based on the choices they make versus the choices we make as beekeepers. What if the stranger mated queen is not the best choice for re-queening based on what the bees decide not on what is easy to get/ship/produce commercially? We sell mated queens, but the process is most unnatural and counter to what feral or captive bees would do to replace a queen.
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