>As far as the bees are concerned it does. See Winston's work cited in my
latest article (on swarming) in ABJ. Bees naturally cull out any queen
cells started with larvae older than one day old.
--
>Randy Oliver
In the long ago as well as queens I was collecting royal jelly. I tended to
graft older larvae for jelly and if anything the take was better. Although
this may have been at least partly because I grafted straight back into the
cells after removing the jelly.
Geoff Manning
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