Considering the danger of larvae drying out during grafting in hot weather conditions:

Should we perhaps regardless of the weather conditions and circumstances have an extra amount of royal jelly ready and
use, so that each larva can be given some extra jelly apart from the amount that followed from the original cell?
I found that much of the royal jelly stays behind as the larva is lifted from the original cell bottom, regardless of
the tools and method used. The larva placed in the new cell or cup will then be missing out on the amount of royal jelly
that it would naturally have had. Giving an extra amount and letting the larva swim in royal jelly again no drying out
should occur apart from just in the air during the 5 seconds that the actual grafting action takes.

BTW Peter, did you get my pollen images?

Ron van Mierlo
Sweden

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