Bob wrote

>When the queen is  laying the beekeeper is allowed to go into the cage and 
>graft.

Just a clarification to this.  The grafter, who has to be approved by AQIS 
(Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service), is allowed into a room where 
the frame of brood, from which the larvae are grafted, is brought to them. 
They are allowed to graft, under supervision.  Only the cell cups with the 
larvae are allowed off the premise. At no time is the grafter allowed into 
the flight cage holding the nucleus colonies.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA 

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