>  I have a question concerning removing yang mated queens from small nucs.
>What is the best moment to do that?


When raising cells/mated queens, I am on an 8 day cycle. On the 5th day of
the cycle, cells are ready to install. On the 4th day of the cycle, queens
are ready to catch. I go through two cycles after the cells are
installed...meaning the queens are mated and laying 16 days after the cells
are installed. At this time, most have eggs and young larvae. There is some
variation in the bees. Some strains take just a bit longer, so they may
just have eggs on the 16th day. Then there are those Russians. They take a
bit longer...something like 20 days...or so I have been told.
Mike


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