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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2015, 07:53:17 pm »
Should have crossed more than fingers, Zweefer. We lost them all. The bees we populated the nucs with all absconded.

We will graft again tomorrow.
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2015, 08:43:35 pm »
This is a stupid question, but if I were to try this could I feed the bees that are tending the queen in the nuc, and keep them screened in? I use screened bottom boards to allow air flow
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #22 on: April 30, 2015, 10:30:15 pm »
thats odd... ALL of them?  I could see one or two....
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2015, 10:36:37 pm »
I only left them locked in for 24 hours. Next round, I will leave them 3 days or move them 10 mile away.
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #24 on: May 01, 2015, 10:11:21 am »
So sorry to hear that iddee!  Better luck next time...
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #25 on: May 01, 2015, 12:38:17 pm »
To bad it is disheartening to see the hard work get abandoned but the loss in time of having to start back at the beginning you never get back. What size of mating nucs? Standard frame size of mini mating nucs? Did you give the nuc box sized splits a frame with brood to anchor the bees to the nuc?
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2015, 12:01:27 pm »
We grafted again yesterday. We will check them tomorrow.
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #27 on: May 13, 2015, 04:38:30 pm »
Waiting to hear.  Good luck!
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #28 on: May 13, 2015, 09:55:47 pm »
Not a single take. Went and got a nicot setup tonight. Will try a non-grafting method tomorrow.
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #29 on: May 15, 2015, 12:01:42 pm »
Curious as to the new method being utilized?
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Re: First successful graft.
« Reply #30 on: May 15, 2015, 12:48:50 pm »
Nicot
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