In a message dated 96-06-11 09:22:36 EDT, you write:
 
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>Is there anybody out their who has experience with breeding queens in a
>breeding-case at a lower temperature then the normal 34-34.5 C (94 F) ?
>It takes a few days longer for the queeens to emerge, but they should be
>bigger and stronger (???). I have found the first statement to be through,
>but I cannot check the other statements.
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We have used incubators to house Queen cells in for years. To date we have
not seen any diffrence in the size or weights of our queens due to running
the incubators at lower temperatures (93 F) we often times will lower the
temperature a degree or two to delay emergence of the Queens because of
weather etc.. As the lower temp. retards the development of the queens I do
not understand how it could make the queens any Bigger or Stronger. If
anybody else has any experence in this, I would be glad to hear about it. If
I could get bigger stronger Queens from lowering the Temperature I would do
it all the time.
 
Dean Breaux
Hybri-Bees