Dear Robert,
 
I never used the Jenter system but only the Nicot system, which is quite
similar.
I don't know the reasons for your bad acceptance of the queen larvas,
because I
don't know enough about your method of queen rearing.
Probably your starter hive wasn't correctly stimulated for queen rearing.
 
How did
you prepare it before you gave the larvas into that hive?
Did you get no queens at all or only a small number of queens?
 
Some reasons for your bad luck could have bee:
1. Your starter hive wasn't queenless or didn't feel queenless? - Then
you will get
no queen at all!
2. There wasn't enough feeding?
3. The hive wasn't filled enough with bees?
4. There weren't enough young nurse bees?
.......etc. - Then you will get only a few queens!
 
Sincerely
 
Reimund Schuberth
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Beekeeper in Germany (Bavaria)
Queen Rearing of Carniolan Bees
Insemination Station
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robert.kearney schrieb:
 
> A few years ago I bought a Jenter Queen Rearing Kit. I have used it a
> few
> times but I have not had much sucess with it. The main problem is the
> workers keep eating the eggs the queen has laid in the plastic cells.
> Has any body used the kit?  If you would care to contact me my email
> address is [log in to unmask]