I thought I'd share this story with you folks to lighten things up a  bit.
 
-just finished a round of queen rearing and had good success using the  jenter
From the mating nucs I had removed the hatched cells and the  dozen queen 
cells that hadn't
all still attached to those plastic cups.
I took them into my honey room which is spotless and placed the unopened  
queen cells on the corian counter top. 
That  evening  I opened one to see at what stage the dead queen  was. My 
intention was to open them all the next day .
The following morning they were gone.
I looked around totally bewildered thinking it's old timers disease hitting  
me but and then I saw one behind the table on the floor.
There were mouse droppings there also.
The rest were gone.
I found I had forgotten to close the floor drain near the extractor .
I guess I'll find them one day at the bottom of the hill since  it's down 
hill drainage
 
Walter
Ontario
 
 



   

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