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mid-age bees(older than nurse bees and younger than foragers) are the bees draw comb those bees ussually waiting on dance areas to receive the nectar from foragers and then store it , if they cant find empty cell for that then they hold it(prologue/abdomn/belly) and that drivers them produce...

i do no believe that bees move stores but only consume em, bees are economical energy insects

bees do no move stores(sealed honey....) but consume, also stores and more ussual un arc of honey during a flow operates like a QX and so bees ll store nectar above and brood cant expand up but pushed down but when a hive is on brood rearing (like spring) and there is no strong nectar flow...

i wouldnt disturb the cluster for any reason and also cluster means the drug substance wont spread around as it should

it's not all genes , not that simple

them called diutinus bees ,those who ve not fed brood in them nurse life , ve kept enlarged them fat body produce large amount of vitellogenin them not only appear in winter but anytime new nurses ve no brood or very few brood to feed for example after summer brood break or when split making...

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dunno nothing about those sublimators and the mechanic behind of how simple or complictaed way them work and how them keep heat temps between 157 - 180 C or and how external temps and humidity can play a role or not or how fast them reach that heat cause what ve read is that if oxalic heated...

maybe him does no want to treat adult drones avoid affect them sperm , it seems its not only the amount of available drones in matings but also the amount of capable drones and may also all those usual suspects that affect drone sperms affect and Queens? whom live much longer than bees or drones...

do part of oxalic vaping heat transform into formic?

i like this guy and him funny too

when i see that kind of baldbrood always take me a toothpick to check those open cells and them neighboring couple capped cells for wax mouth which i found is the mostly common reason if do no find any eviddence of wax mouth and discover in those neighbor couple capped cells any varroa load...

what am saying is why i think that mid-age bees are those who swarm and be more responsible for swarm fever alongside all other parametres as everything in bees is multifactorial , ideally d be keeping nurses as long as can in nursing life and pushing mid-age bees into pollen foraging meaning...

https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/research-into-swarming.53471/post-835589 https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/taranov-vs-snelgrove-have-i-misunderstood-swarm-control.53581/post-837718 thats my theory but i would advise as you already found that page to read all R.Oliver page articles...