If the tasks are that service-critical, they’ll probably involve multiple fatal bee stings. May be better to accidentally kill-file the emails instead.
From Wikipedia:As the queen ages her pheromone output diminishes. A queen bee that becomes old, or is diseased or failing, will be replaced by the workers in a procedure known as “supersedure”.Supersedure may be forced by a beekeeper, for example by clipping off one of the queen’s middle or posterior legs. This makes her unable to properly place her eggs at the bottom of the brood cell; the workers will detect this and will then rear replacement queens. When a new queen becomes available, the workers will kill the reigning queen by “balling” her, clustering tightly around her and stinging her. Balling is often a problem for beekeepers attempting to introduce a replacement queen.If a queen suddenly dies, the workers will flood with royal jelly several cells where a larva has just emerged. The young larva floats on the royal jelly; the worker bees then build a larger queen cell from the normal-sized worker cell, which will protrude vertically from the face of the brood comb. Emergency queens are usually smaller and less prolific, and therefore not preferred by beekeepers.
Strangely enough when I heard “salary based” I was thinking either the threat of reduced pay or being fired. Such are the thoughts of a former corporate drone.
Ida No about 10 years ago
If the tasks are that service-critical, they’ll probably involve multiple fatal bee stings. May be better to accidentally kill-file the emails instead.
crookedwolf Premium Member about 10 years ago
I wonder if Gavotte will change much after the supersedure..
Darwinskeeper about 10 years ago
From Wikipedia:As the queen ages her pheromone output diminishes. A queen bee that becomes old, or is diseased or failing, will be replaced by the workers in a procedure known as “supersedure”.Supersedure may be forced by a beekeeper, for example by clipping off one of the queen’s middle or posterior legs. This makes her unable to properly place her eggs at the bottom of the brood cell; the workers will detect this and will then rear replacement queens. When a new queen becomes available, the workers will kill the reigning queen by “balling” her, clustering tightly around her and stinging her. Balling is often a problem for beekeepers attempting to introduce a replacement queen.If a queen suddenly dies, the workers will flood with royal jelly several cells where a larva has just emerged. The young larva floats on the royal jelly; the worker bees then build a larger queen cell from the normal-sized worker cell, which will protrude vertically from the face of the brood comb. Emergency queens are usually smaller and less prolific, and therefore not preferred by beekeepers.
Darwinskeeper about 10 years ago
Strangely enough when I heard “salary based” I was thinking either the threat of reduced pay or being fired. Such are the thoughts of a former corporate drone.
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