On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Ian Watson wrote:
 
> Hello all..:)
>
> I also have a question about raising a queen..I have a buchfast
> colony..and I made up a five frame nuc.  I checked carefully to make sure
> the queen didnt come with it....Now i have just checked it after about 8-9
> days..and there are at least 6 queen cups...i see the curled up larva
> covered with royal jelly....Success!!!!
 
        Success ? Perhaps. What you have are emergency cells. Doolittle
told us 100 years ago that these produce inferior queens.