I was going to rant about OA, I'll spare  you 
All methods are not equal, read, study & judge for yourself 
 
Now a update on the lack of larvae 
1.5 d later,w/ extra strong reading glasses, 
in 4/5 nucs I see no larvae older than 1.5d, most 1d & <, 
plenty doubles (2-3%), plenty of large "puddles" (>5%?) 
One nuc no larvae 
So why did the older larvae die? 
Formic? 
Nurse failure? 
Infection in egg, or royal jelly? 
 
So all my planned experiments fall down, 
no easy way to judge success or failure, 
no sure control 
 
Almost no STR to be seen 
 
dave 

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