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supersedure::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | supersession |
| Type of | replacement, replacing |
| Derivation | supersede |
Examples of supersedure
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Supersedure is the process by which an old queen bee is replaced by a new queen.
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Supersedure may be initiated due to old age of a queen or a diseased or failing queen.
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This situation is known as emergency supersedure.
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In general, the old queen starts laying eggs into queen cups when conditions are right for swarming or supersedure.
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Supersedure may be forced by a beekeeper.
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However, should the workers sense that the old queen is weakening, they will produce emergency cells known as supersedure cells.
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Swarm cells hang from the bottom of a frame while supersedure queens or emergency queens are generally raised in cells built out from the face of a frame.
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Emergency supersedure can generally be recognized because the new queen cells are built out from regular cells of the comb rather than hanging from the bottom of a frame.
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- Act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior
- The term queen bee is typically used to refer to an adult, mated female that lives in a honey bee colony or hive; she is usually the mother of most, if not all, the bees in the hive. ...
- The act of superseding; The replacing of an old queen bee by a new one; supersession
- A natural replacement of an established queen by a daughter in the same hive. Shortly after the young queen commences to lay eggs, the old queen disappears.
- A natural process by which a colony of honey bees replaces its present queen with a new one.
- When a colony with an old or failing queen rears a daughter to replace her
- The natural replacement of one queen by another while first is still alive (without swarming).
