Tin hat on....another question

[Itchy]

In the absence on my book for reference
...and drawing a blank on Google......
Are newly emerged workers smaller than the older girls?

 

[REDWOOD]

No need for tin hats on the forum only nuclear bunkers
Ask what you want I do and a good question and yes they are smaller

 

[Nige.Coll]

yes they are a little smaller.
they continue to develop for a while after they emerge.

 

[Chris Luck]

In the absence on my book for reference
...and drawing a blank on Google......
Are newly emerged workers smaller than the older girls?

Given the small variation in the size of bees from the same Queen anyway it would be hard to discern "what was what" and "which was which", it's all a bit minimal.

Chris

 

[drstitson]

if you're talking immediately post emergence then yes.

 

[enrico]

But they are fluffier!

 

[Dishmop]

But they are fluffier!

and coated in talcum powder..

 

[Barbarian]

If I see a bee that is smaller/shorter than normal, my first thought is "Has varroa caused this ?".

I hope this is not the case with you.

 

[itma]

If I see a bee that is smaller/shorter than normal, my first thought is "Has varroa caused this ?".

I hope this is not the case with you.

Isn't pollen (thus protein) shortage another possibility?

 

[MuswellMetro]

Isn't pollen (thus protein) shortage another possibility?

or a Disease that competes for or stops the absorbtion of food in the larva, including late infected larva with EFB

 

[For want of a better word]

But they are fluffier!

and in Amm a lot less black !

 

[Itchy]

Once again, a host of interesting answers....and no tin hat req'd

The bees in question were suspected to be the last emergents from a trapout that I carried out. I queried it because they were foraging and noticeably smaller than the specimens that I removed earlier.

 

[Skyhook]

Once again, a host of interesting answers....and no tin hat req'd

The bees in question were suspected to be the last emergents from a trapout that I carried out. I queried it because they were foraging and noticeably smaller than the specimens that I removed earlier.

If they are foraging they are very unlikely to be newly emerged, they usually work their way up to that job.

Possibly they just didn't develop very well due to the nurse bees having been trapped out.

I have to say I've never noticed a size difference, I don't think it can be by much.

.

 

[beeno]

Hi Itchy,
If you are talking wild comb, then I believe, they produce smaller cell size thereof the smaller bees! You are not seeing things! Someone more experienced will come along in a moment and explain it more thoroughly!

 

[Itchy]

That was my other theory Beeno....but the first bunch were definitely bigger than these.

 

[REDWOOD]

Different drone sperm