Skin Horse by Shaenon K. Garrity and Jeffrey C. Wells for April 24, 2014

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    Ida No  over 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.

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    crookedwolf Premium Member over 10 years ago

    I wonder if Gavotte will change much after the supersedure..

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    Darwinskeeper  over 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.

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    Darwinskeeper  over 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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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 10 years ago

    $$$!!!

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Shaenon’s new storyLINK

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