>
> >I believe the work of Winston was under natural emergency conditions for
> raising queens from available eggs and larvae in the hive.


Correct.  The reason I cited it was that I tend to use bees' natural
behavior and evolutionary wisdom as a model.  In this case it supported the
common practice of queen producers, as published by Woyke and Laidlaw.  We
Calif producers graft hundreds to thousands of larvae a day.  All do their
best to produce queens of the highest quality possible for the conditions
(spring queens mated in good weather with abundant drones being optimal).
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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