- Joined
- Nov 4, 2009
- Messages
- 3,993
- Reaction score
- 1,753
- Location
- Devon/South Hams
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Bitterly disappointed. Just checked the take on my queen rearing and it is 0 out of 20.
I was very confident as for the first time I used a big illuminated magnifier, so was confident about larval transfer.
I used Dave Cushmans Cloake board method. Setting up on day 1 putting unsealed brood in top box ( seemed counterintuitive). Day 8 grafting destroying any emergency cells ( confident I got them all). Tomorrow is the day I would expect grafts to be sealed. Today all I found were about 5 sealed emergency cells. I wonder if these were just at the stage of larvae being floated out, but cells not extended, when I destroyed the rest . No time to explore further today. Will look at both boxes tomorrow and might cut out emergency QC's and use those, as I really like this queen. Thoughts please
I was very confident as for the first time I used a big illuminated magnifier, so was confident about larval transfer.
I used Dave Cushmans Cloake board method. Setting up on day 1 putting unsealed brood in top box ( seemed counterintuitive). Day 8 grafting destroying any emergency cells ( confident I got them all). Tomorrow is the day I would expect grafts to be sealed. Today all I found were about 5 sealed emergency cells. I wonder if these were just at the stage of larvae being floated out, but cells not extended, when I destroyed the rest . No time to explore further today. Will look at both boxes tomorrow and might cut out emergency QC's and use those, as I really like this queen. Thoughts please