On 3-Apr-17, at 8:54 PM, randy oliver wrote:

>
> Saying she's OK is the thing.  There are those who pull and cage a  
> queen as
> soon as they see eggs.  But some of those queens will be drone  
> layers, or
> fail in the first week or so.  Queens used to be sold as "tested,"  
> meaning
> that the producer saw a solid sealed brood pattern.  We don't  
> normally see
> that until about three weeks after putting in the cell.

Hi Randy & All

Thanks for this Randy!  We can't get local mated queens until early to  
mid June so some Q producers may rush the season as you say.  I buy  
cells from a local Q producer to install in my nucs in late May early  
June then leave them alone for 25 days, so that I have super strong  
nucs, packed with capped brood & needing more room, just before our  
main nectar flow in early to mid July.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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