Jamie Ellis's definition of supercedure

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Supersedure: Queen supersedure is when the bees in the
colony work to replace the existing queen who they have determined
to be inferior for whatever reason or they have to produce a
new queen in an emergency situation when the old queen is dead or
lost. In both examples, the bees usually use female larvae that were
in route to becoming a worker, and switch her destiny to that of
becoming a queen.

Here is a definition of supersedure in a recent article by Jamie Ellis.
I thought supersedure happened when the queen lay in a queen cup and the larvae was nurtured as a queen from the start?
 
Here is a definition of supersedure in a recent article by Jamie Ellis.
I thought supersedure happened when the queen lay in a queen cup and the larvae was nurtured as a queen from the start?

:iagree:
He is mixing up supersedure with emergency queen cells. Who is he anyhow?
 
Here is a definition of supersedure in a recent article by Jamie Ellis.
I thought supersedure happened when the queen lay in a queen cup and the larvae was nurtured as a queen from the start?

IT is wrong

IT is bees natural habit to renew the queen. And the old Queen lays into cell cups.

Emergency cell is emergency cell.
 
:iagree:


Just off now to poke meself in the eye with a pickle fork :D
Could have saved the Nhs all that money on cataract surgery if they'd known your eyeball was destined for adorning a pickle fork.
 
He is Professor of Entomology from Florida, lectured 2014 I believe at National Honey Show. Nice chap, sure he would be happy to debate point by email if you wanted.......
 
He is Professor of Entomology from Florida, lectured 2014 I believe at National Honey Show. Nice chap, sure he would be happy to debate point by email if you wanted.......

Wow - a shedful of letters after his name and still he gets it wrong
 

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