Removed the queen on Thursday am and went back a week on Sunday lunchtime (10 days) to harvest the queen cells. There were 2 queen cells which where still uncapped containing a nice size larvae and lots of jelly. I would guess they were a day or two from being capped.
Just shows you that these queen cells were probably made from the last eggs laid by the queen before I removed her so it will be 10+ days before they are capped rather than the usual 8-9 days.
Perhaps I should have left these 2 uncapped QC's on the frame and gone back 5 days later and harvested them? They might have proven to have been the best queens of the bunch!
Just shows you that these queen cells were probably made from the last eggs laid by the queen before I removed her so it will be 10+ days before they are capped rather than the usual 8-9 days.
Perhaps I should have left these 2 uncapped QC's on the frame and gone back 5 days later and harvested them? They might have proven to have been the best queens of the bunch!
