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Re: Do bees move eggs?
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Juanse Barros <[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, 13 May 2017 16:34:43 -0300
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On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 2:05 PM, randy oliver wrote:

> Winston and Punnet also caution against making walkaway splits, due to the
> high rate of brood mortality, the extended queenless period, and the
> frequency of afterswarming.  They also observed that swarm issuance, for
> afterswarms and emergency queen rearing,  typically took place 1-4 days
> after the virgin(s) emerged.


I concur with Winston and Punnet, that is why we go again 3 days after
walkaway splits to kill all queen cell, except the two with younger larvae
and more royal jelly.

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