Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
The main disadvantage of supersedure (from the beekeeper point of view) is that the bees are choosing the queen rather than the beekeeper.
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Quote Originally Posted by masterbk View Post
...This is inefficient because a gap in egg laying occurs
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2. ... This too can cause problems for the beekeeper if it occurs in a colony with undesirable characteristics which you want to requeen. You may not realise that supersedure has occurred ...

Also Bees with Nosema often supersede queens. ...
I did not think of these reasons - good to know.
Kitta