Allen Dick wrote:
>
> The self requeening takes 21 days on average. Introduced cells take
> about 11 days to start laying (but may need 20).  Mated queens start
> as soon as they can get out of the cage (depends on intro method).
> The latter two methods permit some stock improvement and selection.
>
I have been trying Carniolans this year, to see what difference there
is to the Buckfasts I have used many years. One difference I could
immediately see is that Carniolan queens fly out to mate earlier than
Buckfast and Italian. Didn't check it out exactly, but got a feeling
that it's 3-5 days difference. We had excellent weather during that
period of summer, so it can't depend on that Carniolans fly in colder
temp.
 
My experience with Buckfast/Italian is they need around 14 days from
cell hatches until laying here at lat 60 in Sweden.
 
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Regards
 
P-O Gustafsson, Sweden
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