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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REPRINT ARTICLE ARCHIVES => Topic started by: Understudy on May 09, 2007, 11:44:23 pm

Title: Why queen bees live longer, in lots of scientific jargon.
Post by: Understudy on May 09, 2007, 11:44:23 pm

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/104/17/7128?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=+queen+honey+bees&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT (http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/104/17/7128?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=+queen+honey+bees&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT)

Read carefully there will be a quiz.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

Title: Re: Why queen bees live longer, in lots of scientific jargon.
Post by: Jerrymac on May 10, 2007, 12:09:23 am

Is there a short version? My attention disorder won't let me sit through all of that.

Title: Re: Why queen bees live longer, in lots of scientific jargon.
Post by: Understudy on May 10, 2007, 12:23:45 am

*sigh*
darn everyone just wants the reader's digest version. We all know that black holes exist but no one wants to delve into the math behind them.
*sigh*
 ;)
The short version.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/05/09/scientists_study_queen_bee_longevity/ (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/05/09/scientists_study_queen_bee_longevity/)

Look a red string.

Sincerely,
Brendhan