10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFTERSWARM»
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afterswarm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
afterswarm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
This usually prevents the issuing of an afterswarm and adds the field bees to the
producing colony. Since if queencells are shaken the developing queens are
often injured, the comb containing the finest of the queencells should be removed
...
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The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting
... he said that if a young ruler sang brightly {or dolly} an afterswarm Weuld issue
Boon tor later]; in England the sound was likened to that of a “bugle horn'. — He
knew that spy [scout] bees 'guided' a swarm toa nest site. Figure- 27311 {has ...
The second swarm, or firbt afterswarm, is termed a " eatt," and usually issues from
ten to fourteen days after the prime swarm. It is commonly weaker than the prime
swarm — that is, composed of fewer bees; and coming later in the season, ...
This bad news may encourage the first virgin queen to leave in a secondary
swarm, what beekeepers call an “afterswarm.” Doing so means that the first virgin
queen relinquishes the wealth of desirable resources in the parent nest—the ...
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Bees as superorganisms: an evolutionary reality
They tested if kin recognition interfered with decision making of the workers
whether to join the afterswarm or remain in the nest. Queens homozygous for
cordovan (cd/cd) were inseminated each with a wild-type (+) and a cordovan
drone (cd).
Robin F. A. Moritz, Edward E. Southwick, 1992
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The Wisdom of Bees: What the Hive Can Teach Business about ...
In addition to needing a new queen for the hive (the original queen leaves with
the main swarm), the afterswarm needs a new queen. In this case, the workers
cannot stand by and watch the first queen emerge to immediately kill all her rivals
, ...
Michael O'Malley Ph.D., 2010
7
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers:
Thebees have beenhere many years, and have of coursesent out swarm
afterswarm into thewilds. They have protected themselves against the weather
and strengthened their shaky habitation by a copious use of wax. When abee−
tree is thus ...
A F T E R S W A R M : A small swarm, usually led by a virginqueen,whichmay
leave the hive after the prime swarm has departed. Claire's and Hilda's
murderslikely would have remained unsolved until this day had it not been forthe
chance ...
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Delphi Complete Works of Robert E. Howard (Illustrated):
Swarm afterswarm of blue menrushed from theirhutsto fall onus with reckless fury
. One Gurawas a match for three or four Akkas, but they swamped us by numbers.
They crushed us back into the bridge mouth, and strive as we could, wecould ...
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Parasites in Social Insects
Swarming and afterswarm and reproductive rate of unmanaged honey bee
colonies (Apis mellifera). Insectes Sociaux 27: 391-398. Winston, M. L. 1987. The
Biology of the Honey Bee. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. Winter, U.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFTERSWARM»
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afterswarm is used in the context of the following news items.
The Goldenrod is Starting to Bloom
It's got to be an afterswarm and I missed the original, much bigger swarm.” I decided right there I'd better check the other hives to see if there ... «Mother Earth News, Sep 14»
Class creations
Roxanne Chasle's “Afterswarm”–a suspended cloud of screenprinted larger-than-life bees–and Chad Steve's “XXX”–a cluster of headless ... «Honolulu Weekly, Jan 10»
