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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 1010" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>The old Queen being superseded by the young Queen and eventually killed is what normally happens but sometimes they just seem to live together quite happily and especially in autumn two queens in a hive is surprisingly common and I have seen three a couple of times. I have also on a few occasions seen two queens that looked like identical sisters living happily together.</p><p>Over the years I have noticed that autumn supersedure is far more common in poor honey years than good ones. I guess the bees have to blame somebody.</p><p>There is some thought that supersedure and swarming are related but personally I don't think it's the case and I find generally that supersedure queens are as good as you get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 1010, member: 207"] The old Queen being superseded by the young Queen and eventually killed is what normally happens but sometimes they just seem to live together quite happily and especially in autumn two queens in a hive is surprisingly common and I have seen three a couple of times. I have also on a few occasions seen two queens that looked like identical sisters living happily together. Over the years I have noticed that autumn supersedure is far more common in poor honey years than good ones. I guess the bees have to blame somebody. There is some thought that supersedure and swarming are related but personally I don't think it's the case and I find generally that supersedure queens are as good as you get. [/QUOTE]
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