Hello All !
 
About grafting larvae for queen rearing ...  It's well known that the
small grafted larvae are very resistant and can remain even some hours
out of the cluster.  The conditions : wetting and low temperature.
 
Does anyone know about the limits of these resistance and maybe some
*references* concerning this subject.  I know about a serial of cells
forgotten overnight in the wet grass and giving good results after
introducing in the morning in a queenless colony.
 
My questions :
 
Do people know the maximum time to keep cold these larvae and then
obtain a correct queen yet ?
 
Do poeple know about the ideal cold temperature to keep them ?
 
TIA
 
 
Jean-Marie Van_Dyck <[log in to unmask]>
 
Lat.Long. : N:50.30' E:04.56'  -  Alt. : 200 m  -  North sea : 200 km
 
After a week of correct weather ... a week of winter weather (cold and wet)
      ... usual here, but depressing !
 
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