I am extremely inexperienced in Queen raising. However I had the same
problems with my first grafts. I noticed that the larvae while still
imbedded in the royal jelly had the appearance of chilled brood. At the
time I was installing cell protectors as soon as the cell was capped. I
now install the cell protectors a couple of days before emergence and
have solved that problem. Allen asked about brood temperature often I
only include capped brood or emerging brood in with my grafts. Could it
be that the hive will allow lower temperatures for capped or emerging
brood?
Garrett Martin
Willets Lake Apiaries
Nappanee, IN USA
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