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From: "Kevin" <electric_knife@hotmail.com> >>But
the IDEA was to I may have missed everything as well. The purpose for the pin was to kill the pupa in the cell, in the event that you did not have access to liquid nitrogen to kill them, nothing at all to do with a hole. The reason this is done is so that the hygenic behavior of the trait in the gene of that queen can be monitored. If all the dead are removed, that shows a trait for hygenic behavior. The controversy comes from the hole from the pin, because the bees may be able to 'smell' the dead in the cell, whereas with liquid hydrogen, that would freeze it, without puncturing the cell. That was my take on the testing. Cheers, |