------ =_NextPart_000_01BB3DDA.B5CA00A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anyone tried saliva for priming the cups? I've used saliva as a viscous medium to mount termite gut protozoa for viewing with a microscope, but = I haven't tried it for other protozoa. I suppose to get an answer with respect to the bee larvae, I should "ask the larvae" but I thought I see what others have done to prime cups for grafting. We don't prime the cups when we graft. However, speaking of saliva, I = graft with a fine brush and I do lick the brush alot just to staighten = out the hairs. We've been quite successful with our queen rearing and = so I can say that the small amount of saliva that comes off the brush, = doesn't hurt a thing. We are having very cool weather here in northeast Alberta. I made up = cell builders in the snow on Monday and grafted Tuesday with a high = temp. of +4 degrees celcius. In spite of the cold, the cells are = developing normally. By the way, we insulate our cell builders and = queen mothers. Kevin Christensen ------ =_NextPart_000_01BB3DDA.B5CA00A0 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 eJ8+IgQBAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAENgAQAAgAAAAIAAgABBJAG ADABAAABAAAADAAAAAMAADADAAAACwAPDgAAAAACAf8PAQAAAE8AAAAAAAAAgSsfpL6jEBmdbgDd AQ9UAgAAAABEaXNjdXNzaW9uIG9mIEJlZSBCaW9sb2d5AFNNVFAAQkVFLUxAQ05TSUJNLkFMQkFO WS5FRFUAAB4AAjABAAAABQAAAFNNVFAAAAAAHgADMAEAAAAYAAAAQkVFLUxAQ05TSUJNLkFMQkFO WS5FRFUAAwAVDAEAAAADAP4PBgAAAB4AATABAAAAHAAAACdEaXNjdXNzaW9uIG9mIEJlZSBCaW9s b2d5JwACAQswAQAAAB0AAABTTVRQOkJFRS1MQENOU0lCTS5BTEJBTlkuRURVAAAAAAMAADkAAAAA CwBAOgEAAAACAfYPAQAAAAQAAAAAAAADBjUBCIAHABgAAABJUE0uTWljcm9zb2Z0IE1haWwuTm90 ZQAxCAEEgAEAKgAAAFJFOiBQcmltaW5nIGN1cHMgZm9yIGdyYWZ0aW5nIHF1ZWVuIGNlbGxzAOwO AQWAAwAOAAAAzAcFAAkAEwAFADgABAA1AQEggAMADgAAAMwHBQAJABIAOAADAAQAMgEBCYABACEA AABBQkY5Mjk0ODk3QTlDRjExOUMyNzQ0NDU1MzU0MDAwMAD1BgEDkAYADAUAABIAAAALACMAAAAA AAMAJgAAAAAACwApAAAAAAADADYAAAAAAEAAOQCAa7zXDD67AR4AcAABAAAAKgAAAFJFOiBQcmlt aW5nIGN1cHMgZm9yIGdyYWZ0aW5nIHF1ZWVuIGNlbGxzAAAAAgFxAAEAAAAWAAAAAbs+DNe8SCn5 rKmXEc+cJ0RFU1QAAAAAHgAeDAEAAAAFAAAAU01UUAAAAAAeAB8MAQAAAB8AAABrY2hyaXN0ZW5z ZW5AbWFpbC5jY2luZXQuYWIuY2EAAAMABhCW1l1+AwAHEPECAAAeAAgQAQAAAGUAAABBTllPTkVU UklFRFNBTElWQUZPUlBSSU1JTkdUSEVDVVBTP0lWRVVTRURTQUxJVkFBU0FWSVNDT1VTTUVESVVN VE9NT1VOVFRFUk1JVEVHVVRQUk9UT1pPQUZPUlZJRVdJTkdXAAAAAAIBCRABAAAAcwMAAG8DAAAt BQAATFpGdfl+ddr/AAoBDwIVAqgF6wKDAFAC8gkCAGNoCsBzZXQyNwYABsMCgzIDxQIAcHJCcRHi c3RlbQKDM3cC5AcTAoB9CoAIzwnZO/EWDzI1NQKACoENsQtg4G5nMTAzFFALChRRKwvyE1BvE9Bj BUBBbiJ5AiBlIHQIgWQgwnMHQGl2YSACEAXAVxNQB3ALgGcbkGgbgGMAdXBzPyAgSSfadhuAdRGw G+dhBCAcUD52BAAFoB4wCoscIDM2DxqRGe8a8geAZGl1bf0bkG8iMAhgAjAbkASQHOAxE9AgZ3UF QBqyb3r+bxxUH0AH0BzyA/AdMB8RCxzgBQBvH2FwZSwgOmIj0UkKhRGAHgBuJ/8jIRuzI4AcYxrQ HUAckiQk7i4dwRvwHYBwJgAbgSLA3mcRwB7gA6AAcXcowSVSewqFFhBzJkAbASKxHTJidQngIAtg chxAJlEpoWjVCGBsG+AiHvBrHSMtNM4iJnQdIQhgZ2gvchGw+mUKhXcRgAVAKJMEICdC/CBkG2Mi wByyHVQcYwnAtmEBgBzxLgqHIPogCo/lIShjAEAgVzHjJ5EyhH8dNjDhCfAlQCOhM4IpcUg2bysQ HgByJmAsIWFreRzyb2Yb9S2SM3MlRmbbC4As0XIeMCWBbhvgKaB/MgAtICXQLnQ85RWgBUBq/x4w LGMTwAtwL/E48QhgIyH7HUERgGkRoClxN1Ad8izxmQOgcXUjginAY2MHkPxzZi4AJUQIYUHRQaIW ELcKwBzyPUJzIsApoGMDkV0cAHkdITERHTJzAMBs/QMgYSLkOvdFZAWgB4I68L87AD4nJmAyAAeQ J4JoCHD/KpEdITPJNWU3UQrAQJIfQP8dAToRRVAFoAbwORExECiy5yixG4ALgCBuFbEdQB7w/RsR bCzwACApZADADbAeIPpwHWBlRjEmgAMQBIEEIH9NkUXDTcAH4AIgBdACIGSvRUE9QjNzG9FUClBz UaLPJVVKEC/wIzFtcClwOvF0KzQx8GUJwgQgT6Fj6yJwQPJJRRFwI4I68R0z/QbwZCZgHTNPsR8B S4ENsL8eABWgVgAdAU3BRhJ5KXH2QkVSG4B3RUAmYDkhC4D/KcALYFYiQ1FPrD1CQ4QEYJsxU0pd SzoATZFDaAUQXxPBAIAJ8DVlFTEAX8AAAwAQEAAAAAADABEQAAAAAEAABzCAj692Cz67AUAACDCA j692Cz67AR4APQABAAAABQAAAFJFOiAAAAAARHg= ------ =_NextPart_000_01BB3DDA.B5CA00A0--