> Subject: [BEE-L] Unsuccessful queen rearing

> I use a starter, into which i shake a lot of bees. I give them
> frames with plenty of honey and pollen, no brood, no queen (i DO
> know the theory of this).

I would give the starter some frames with capped brood!

> I give the larvae to my starter and let it sit there for 24
> hours.

Here I would let them sit until capped, hence the added sealed brood to
assure enough young nurse bees is present. Then I would transfer the capped
cells to either the incubator or a strong hive where the queen have been
isolated from the spot where the capped queen cells goes. Bee very carefull
handling capped queen cells. They are very sensitive to temperature and
shaking.


If you reuse the starter then a renewal of capped brood cells must be taken
care of. A starter must always be boiling from bees.

Queen breeding always involves a lot of young bees, so it will also have
influence of your honey income if you produce a lot of queens.

Best regards
Jorn Johanesson

Multilingual software for beekeeping since 1997

hive note- queen breeding and handheld computer beekeeping software

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