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Mon, 9 Dec 2019 08:53:04 -0500
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Re: Size of grafting age larvae?
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> Dose any one have a source for the size of grafting age larvae, spitball
> is fine.
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> I've always looked for the youngest age larvae I could find, typically
next to unhatched eggs. To my un-magnified eye, the larvae I target appear
in comparable size to an egg, which is 1.2mm according to David Stone's
Overview of Bee Biology. Although I haven't checked more than one source to
confirm, that size seems about right. Larger is still very possible (48 hr
larvae) though.

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