BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Date:
Mon, 1 Jun 2020 19:04:36 +0000
Reply-To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Diet Quantity and Queen Development
MIME-Version:
1.0
Message-ID:
<[log in to unmask]>
Content-Transfer-Encoding:
7bit
Sender:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
From:
Richard Cryberg <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (11 lines) 
I measured some jzbz queen cups.  I found the bottom id at 6.75mm, the middle at 7.4mm and the very top opening was 8.25mm.  All measurements subject to some error as I was just eyeballing where I placed the calipers.  I suspect this taper has nothing at all to do with queens.  Rather, I suspect it was designed in on purpose to allow the part to eject from the mold with ease.

I also tried to drill some out.  It is pretty easy to drill them out to a constant internal diameter of 8.7mm.  Just grip the flange radially with pliers and use a high rpm with a standard twist drill bit.  I used the fast speed on my cordless drill.  Next graft I will try a few and see if I even get any takes with the larger diameter.

Dick

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2