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On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 2:05 PM, randy oliver wrote:
> Winston and Punnet also caution against making walkaway splits, due to the
> high rate of brood mortality, the extended queenless period, and the
> frequency of afterswarming. They also observed that swarm issuance, for
> afterswarms and emergency queen rearing, typically took place 1-4 days
> after the virgin(s) emerged.
I concur with Winston and Punnet, that is why we go again 3 days after
walkaway splits to kill all queen cell, except the two with younger larvae
and more royal jelly.
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