...we had to swirl the needle -- especially with
> young larvae that just
> float away from the utensil), the bees may simply
> repair the caps.

I did my testing with one clean poke,  I did not swirl
the needle for fear of making it too easy by creating
too large of a hole.  I can't imagine a larvae
floating away from the sharp end of a needle, but I
did have one colony that sealed the holes back up,
but I took that as a sign of 'failure to identify an
injured or dead larvae'  and requeened the colony.





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