This is my first year raising queens by grafting in a primarily corn/soy area of Indiana. I raised approx. 150 queens, mainly distributed to members of my bee club and used for my own increase. The first round of queens was in April, last mid July. So far so good. I mark all my queens and haven't had any fail up to this point.  We'll see how they overwinter. I have one queen from a walk away split that will be heading into her third winter this year. 



Cheryl Russell
www.russellhoney.com
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 10:27 -0400 from [log in to unmask]  <[log in to unmask]>:
>The queen breeder in a Midwestern agricultural setting that I hoped might
>provide me ground truthing as to whether their queens reared with neonic
>exposure suffered from infertility was unable to say yes or no.
>
>Are there any on the List, with bees in neonic-treated areas, who produce
>their own queens?  I'd like to hear whether you have seen evidence that
>your queens tend to fail prematurely.  Of course, that would not be a good
>sales pitch if you are selling queens, so feel free to reply off list with
>full confidentiality.
>
>-- 
>Randy Oliver
>Grass Valley, CA
>www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
>
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