Queen Succession in Honeybees

http://chat.carleton.ca/~hcampbe3/honeybee-1.jpg (Oct. 9, 2007)

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USDA data was taken from http://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=11059 on October 20, 2007.

All photos were taken from websited in October 2007.

For more information look at the following websites.

http://www.ento.vt.edu/apiculture/

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/hymenoptera.html

http://beesource.com/pov/ahb/ahbarizona.htm

http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DPI/nreninf.nsf/childdocs/-89E7A8DAFEA417624A2568B30004C26A-C6A014FC88F23F19CA256BC700811628-26181E79F5B05B3F4A256DEA0027399A-8A525202E1C15A04CA256F10001C14B6?open

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=2744&page=12