Hi Peter & all
> What would you call adequate testing? I have worked in the California
queen
> business, and they send queens off as soon as they begin to lay. If there
> are eggs, she's shipped. (No, I don't suppose that's adequate
I was not so much thinking of the individual queens, but I would expect that
every now and a again a queen from the production program would be taken and
assessed in a full sized hive for a season or so to establish the overall
performance characteristics and ensure that they are still within the
original 'specification'.
Best Regards & 73s... Dave Cushman, G8MZY
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