Let S be a strong semilattice Y
of monoids. If S is right nonsingular then Y is nonsingular. The converse is true when
S is a sturdy semilattice Y of right cancellative monoids. Should S have trivial
multiplication then each monoid of more than one element has as its index
an atom of Y . Finally, if S is a right nonsingular strong semilattice Y of
principal right ideal Ore monoids with onto linking homomorphisms then
Q(S), the maximal right quotient semigroup of S, is a semilattice Q(Y ) of
groups.