Michael Haberl wrote:
>However, unfertilised eggs can be fertilised some time later (up
>to about 4 h). One can even do it by hand for breeding purposes!
>There were several good articles into this subject
>in the 'Deutsches Bienen Journal' (3/95, 3/96, 4/96, 8/96).
Has anyone on the list had experience with this procedure? It appears that
some of the advantages of instrumental insemination in a breeding program
could be achieved or even accelerated by hand fertilizing. Mr. Haberl, could
you share the details of this procedure with the list for those of use not
having access to the German journals. Thank you.
Dennis Murrell
Hiveworks
Casper, Wyoming