THE BEST SPLIT

To achieve the best possible queen development, you KEEP the larvae whose cells are the LEAST developed (certainly not capped yet) five days after you make the split. Let me explain: Since queen cells are capped on about day 8V2 after the egg was laid (which was day 0), any potential developing quee...

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Published in:Bee Culture 2015-05, Vol.143 (5), p.69
Main Author: Marterre, Buddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Beekeeping
Bees
Eggs
Farm management
Honey
Pest control
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Summary:To achieve the best possible queen development, you KEEP the larvae whose cells are the LEAST developed (certainly not capped yet) five days after you make the split. Let me explain: Since queen cells are capped on about day 8V2 after the egg was laid (which was day 0), any potential developing queen in a queen cell that is already capped five days after the split didn't start getting royal jelly feeding until it was a day four larva.
ISSN:1071-3190
1931-4000