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George Fergusson <[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, 16 Dec 2006 16:03:51 -0500
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Lloyd Spear wrote:
> 
> Sue Cobey advises that the workers immediately remove the royal jelley used
> for priming, replacing it with the good stuff.

That makes sense. At a queen rearing seminar put on by Tony Jadczak last 
spring, he related how he and another beekeeper once used yogurt mixed 
with water to prime the cells in lieu of royal jelly. Claimed it worked. 
  Plain yogurt of course. Not the kind with fruit.

George-

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