Larvae transfer

[Stickyfingers]

Not seen this before.
Any comments?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4b-n7tEp4E

 

[beekeeping4you]

Heard of this before, but now seen it done for the first time.
(For our 2-hivers: He's even grafting 'wet' - priming the cups with diluted royal jelly!)
Thanks for the link to this one!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4b-n7tEp4E[/ame]

 

[VEG]

Interesting

 

[Stickyfingers]

He's even grafting 'wet' - priming the cups with diluted royal jelly!)

reading different threads on the net some say it doesn't even have to be Royal Jelly but a mix of water/honey. It appears to help them not dry out. The bees sort out the mix anyway afterwards....

 

[beebopalula]

Fascinating - is that a honey/water mix in the video? I wonder what the temp. was in the room.

 

[rolande]

seems like an easy way to complicate a simple job to me.

 

[Tim1606]

seems like an easy way to complicate a simple job to me.

By the time he has gone through that palaver i could have grafted at least 40.

 

[Norton]

You can even prime the cups with COKE! It's the real thing and works. I prefer my own royal jelly.

 

[Black Comb]

H didn't show his "strike rate"