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Re: Transporting queen cells
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:35:27 -0700
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> >Pack the cells in a battery box stocked with ample bees to care for the
> cells.


We've often transported cells for over 24 hours by leaving them in their
cell bars in the grafting frame, and placing that frame in a queenless nuc
between frames of brood.  Easy to carry 50 cells this way in a 5-frame
(including the frame of cells) nuc.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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