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Hi,
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>Thanks for the explanation. We never expect dandelions until May. But I am
>still curious about one thing: If you start rearing queens at the end of
>April and then do your two-queening the second week of May does that mean
>you are giving the "uppers" queen cells? or virgins?
I give them 11 day old cells (sometime virgins, if I can't get the splits
made in time). I start as soon as possible raising queens but I start slow
and I am in my highest production of cell around mid may (weather always
slows me down). This only gives the queens 2 to 3 weeks to lay before the
main flow, so I start the splits off fairly large, 5 frames of bees, 2
frames of honey and 3 of sealed brood. This helps kick that new queen into
laying by giving her a large population of bees and plenty of room to lay.
Garrett
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Garrett Dodds
Custom Inseminations
29480 January Rd.
West Mansfield, OH 43358
(937) 355-0290
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* 29480 January Road *
* West Mansfield, OH 43358 *
* (937) 355-0290 *
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