Harvey Hyde wrote:
>
> If I split my two BC's and allow the queenless half to raise its own
> queen, why is it recommended to destroy any started cells after four days?
>  Wouldn't this force the workers to raise the queen from still older larva?
 
If the hive is queenless, there won't be any older larva.  They will all
be capped.
 
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Tom Elliott
Eagle River, Alaska
U.S.A.
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