Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Raising Queens => Topic started by: Dunkel on April 19, 2016, 09:05:19 pm
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Well I went through most this weekend. Queen cells and cups with eggs in four and queen cells in four. I made up four more nucs with capped cells and was able to find the queen in one and took her. I couldn't find the queen in most of them. I went through them methodically, but I guess she was slimmed down and hard to find.
I was able to graft from the queen I liked so much. I guess last round for her since queen cells were there and she wasn't to be found. She was playing out but I was able to get about ten started from the larva from that frame. I will check again in a few days in the finisher.
Lubrou, I haven't had a chance to try the artificial swarm but I plan to. Just too many in the wrong place so far. Probably a few candidates this week end though. It made me realize that I need to spread out the way I place hives in the future.
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Good luck with that artificial swarm Dunkel, and your splits too! Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, my best queen disappeared two weeks ago, but I didn't get any grafts from her, just a few (emergency) queen cells.
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My cell builder must of had a rouge virgin queen in it. All gone. Probably a good thing I would have had to rob everything to have made them up. I'll take better care of the swarm cells there making. :)