| Titre : | The introduction of virgin and mated queens, directly and in a simple cage |
| Auteurs : | C. Butler ; Simpson, J. |
| Type de document : | article/chapitre/communication |
| Année de publication : | 1956 |
| Format : | 10 p. |
| Langues: | = Anglais |
| Mots-clés: | ABEILLE ; BEE |
| Résumé : | When old (12-28 days) or young (1-5 days) virgin queens were introduced directly (without caging) to colonies from which old or young virgin queens had just been removed, it was much easier to introduce a queen to a colony from which a similar queen had been removed than to one from which a dissimilar queen had been removed. Experiments with mated and laying queens of different ages suggested that this principle is a general one, although the most marked differences are between young and old virgin queens. Old virgin queens and young laying queens were the most difficult to introduce directly to any type of colony. When a large-mesh cage was used in introducing mated tested queens to colonies which had just been dequeened, at least 90% sucess could be obtained when the queens removed were mated and laying, and at least 80% when they were virgin. Similar introductions of virgin queens (to colonies from which mated laying queens had just been removed) were less sucessful. The frequency of sucess of cage introductions varied in the different summer months, and was lower in colonies with queen cells than in those with none. |
| Source : | Bee world, vol.37, n°6, 105-114, 124 |
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