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 Be careful Pete, you don't want to stumble during the COVID crisis -- I
hear that the emergency rooms  in New York are hell right now.

As far as old, dark combs, I've been searching them out the past few weeks
as I use them during queen rearing.
In order to use the Chinese grafting tool, one wants combs that have
several layers of cocoons inside, so that the bottom of the cell is smooth
and rounded.  So I pick out the oldest and the darkest combs, and insert
one into each up to 20 breeder hives for the queen to lay in 4 days before
we will be grafting that week.
The bees and queen hop right on the old combs, and the larvae have
excellent survival, and the sealed brood patterns look great.  That is if I
allow them to grow.  Most of the time I wash out any ungrafted larvae and
reuse the same labeled combs over and over.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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