What about the SO2 
Is this not pertinant? 
>Since acetic is hard to find I wonder 
>if SO2 would disenfect? Would certainly be cheaper 
 
So the nucs procede as they should, 
the 5th was only 1d following 
No apperant mortality, appear recovered, weak  
A few are capped now, I imagine I'll see more tomorrow. 
I'll certainly watch at months end 
 
There is one interesting set of observations 
They say crow is best et warm, 
I certanly have humbled myself 
Killing  _stupidly_ two Q's 
The 1st was normal, 2 q in 1 hive 
(damn invisable Russians) 
 
The other was unusual several ways 
The hive was a loss this spring, the cluster was OK 
but the Q was dead, not a suprize, she had a red dot 
So I swapped a shallow frame with her daugther 
and the vigin emerged ~apr3.  This by far the earlist 
I have ever had a Q. I doubted she could get bred 
1st drones ~may10 this year 
Well on may 11 I saw eggs & 1d & 2d larvae 
Said -5, may 6 started laying, just over 1 month, 
where did the drone come from? Or did it? 
The cappings will tell 
So looking again may12, to my suprize only eggs & 1d larvae 
At this point I had a brain lock, thought "I'll boost it" 
but failed the execution, I should have made them walk in 
So of course there are no new eggs, she was laying as well  
as she had warm, < 1frame eggs (3.5 part shallow) 
 
The next 3days the observation is same 
Diminishing eggs & 1d larvae, none older 
 
No QC from "this" brood, early QC is on imported frame 
(again from daughter, daughter is very slightly infected-STR) 
(The imported frame does not appear to have mortality) 
Imported frame has some older larvae, I'll check that it caps or dies 
I will inspect tomorrow, even in rain (forcast) 
I guess I won't get to see the cappings of this Q! 
 
Is it mortality or drone brood? 
Would they eat _every_ drone larvae? 
Does dying at 2d implicate the nurse bees? 
If the imported frame larvae cap implicates Q? 
(they were older larvae) 
Is this a symptom of X: absence of older larvae, 
(lots of eggs and young larvae present) 
and the same 2days later? 
 
I certainly regret killing that Q 
even if she was infected, as seems likely. 
 
Clearly no drones over-wintered, 
there must have been a few early ones 
 
I think I'll put new Q in but tape candy, 
only let her out when observations are done 
eg mortality, QC completion, more than 1 QC? 
Will she become infected??  
Shortage of Q's  in Ont -- suprize, suprize 
 
 
dave 

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