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APIDOLOGIE
Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 383-388Publisher
E D P SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004028
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Apis mellifera; queen age; queen introduction; queen survival
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The survival of honey bee Apis mellifera queens to 14 days and 15 weeks after introduction into an established bee colony increases with increasing age of the queen at introduction. Survival rates increased strongly to high levels for queen bees introduced between 7 and 24 days of age and at a slower rate for queens introduced at ages up to 35 days. The survival rates were similar for sister queens introduced into two unrelated apiaries suggesting that apiary site and beekeeper management differences had minimal effect on survival rates. A year effect was found but the response to increasing age was similar for the three years.
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